As I mentioned when Columbia responded to Trumpolini's demands originally, they were attempting to appear to acquiese without going the full 9 yards on Academic Reeceivership or masks. It was questionable whether it would be enough to satisfy His Trumpness, and clearly so far it hasn't been. The $400M is still being held hostage, and my guess is rather than further capitulate, the interim Prez decided to resign and hand off the thankless job to somebody else.
Faculty and students are already unhappy, so further actions to get the money released likely won't go over well. So they need a new tactic.
Rather than demonstrations, a Student-Faculty Strike would be worth a try, particularly since they would likely get support from the other Ivies. They also have to make thee narrative about Freedom of Speech and not about Palestinian genocide.
It will be interesting to see what the new interim Prez does now. Definitely a job with no upside.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/columbia-university-katrina-armstrong
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