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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Letter to Columbia University Detailing Conditions for Restoration of Funding - Part 5 (fallout)

From the Harvard Crimson:

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 abruptly canceled a planned spring break trip to India last week as American universities nervously eyed Columbia’s response to a $400 million ultimatum from the Trump administration...

University spokesperson Jason A. Newton declined to comment on why Garber’s trip was canceled or how the University president had spent his spring break instead. According to Newton, the trip to India would be rescheduled...

Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/24/garber-cancels-india-trip/.

From The Dartmouth:

Former Republican National Committee chief counsel Matthew Raymer ’03 will serve as the College’s next general counsel and senior vice president starting March 17. Raymer, who has publicly defended President Donald Trump’s push to redefine the scope of birthright citizenship, will oversee the Office of Visa and Immigration Services and serve on College President Sian Leah Beilock’s leadership team...

Raymer will advise the Board of Trustees, faculty and administration on legal and strategic matters, Dartmouth News wrote in a release...

The College’s announcement comes as the Trump administration continues to rework federal education policy and appropriations. Yesterday, for example, Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the federal Department of Education. Earlier this month, the administration canceled $400 million of funding for Columbia for failing “to protect American students and faculty from antisemitic violence and harassment,” according to a letter from the administration. On Jan. 24, Raymer published an op-ed in The Federalist titled “Trump Is Right About Birthright Citizenship,” in which he supported Trump’s push to revoke birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants...

Full story at https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025/03/wang-raymer-appointment.

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