NEW YORK (PNN) - Mar. 7, 2025 - Higher education across Amerika long has dealt with the upper echelons of the economy: billions of dollars in endowments, tuition of $50,000 or more, and faculty salaries routinely in six digits.
But even so, a sudden drop of $400 million in grants is bound to be noticed.
That's what is happening to Columbia University because of the antisemitism it has allowed on campus.
President Donald J. Trump's announcement Friday was that the government will rescind more than $400 million in federal grants to the Communists running the school.
The move even earned the support of Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat.
A report from Fox News said just days ago the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education and the U.S. General Services Administration revealed a full review of more than $5 billion in federal grants going to Columbia.
It was triggered by the "ongoing investigations for potential violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act" related to antisemitism on campus.
The report cited "sources familiar with the matter" who said more than $400 million already is being rescinded.
The university campus was the site of multiple anti-Israel occupations and protests after the attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
As recently as days ago several students were arrested after they took over a library on campus.
Fox reported, "Linda McMahon, the Trump (regime)'s Secretary of Education, visited the campus on Friday to meet with university leaders and discuss the ongoing concerns related to antisemitism."
She explained, in a recent statement, "Amerikans have watched in horror for more than a year now, as Jewish students have been assaulted and harassed on elite university campuses - repeatedly overrun by antisemitic students and agitators. Unlawful encampments and demonstrations have completely paralyzed day-to-day campus operations, depriving Jewish students of learning opportunities to which they are entitled."
She said schools need to protect all students from discrimination, and Columbia's apparent failure "raises very serious questions about the institution's fitness to continue doing business with the United States government."