Claire Shipman, Columbia University’s new acting president, had called last year's congressional hearings on campus antisemitism "nonsense" in a text to the former university president.

The president, Katrina Armstrong, resigned effective immediately, and the school’s board chair, journalist Claire Shipman, has been appointed interim president. Armstrong had replaced Columbia’s former president, Minouche Shafik, who resigned in August.

The Department of Education and other agencies are reviewing Harvard University for fostering antisemitism on its campus, Secretary Linda McMahon said Monday. "Harvard's failure to protect students on campus from anti-Semitic discrimination -- all while promoting divisive ideologies over free inquiry -- has put its reputation in serious jeopardy,

Three federal agencies are reviewing nearly $9 billion in contracts and grants between the government and Harvard University over the school’s response to antisemitism.

The investigation is the latest move by the Trump administration to pressure American universities to change their policies on a number of issues at the heart of culture wars that have beset the U.S.

The move follows the cancellation of roughly $400 million in funding for Columbia and the suspension of $175 million for the University of Pennsylvania.

The Trump administration announced it will review almost $9 billion in grants and contracts at Harvard University, the latest school to be threatened with a federal financial penalty over campus antisemitism.

The administration's antisemitism task force launched a "review" of nearly $9 billion of funding tied to Harvard.

Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism. The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway.

President Trump has ramped up his attacks on the universities and students that he says have abided by growing antisemitism on campus. And that has some Jewish students and professors feeling uneasy.