
The hearing will take place before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

The hearing will take place before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Top academics in the Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department at Columbia University, including Professors Timothy Mitchell and Gil Hochberg, the department’s chair, say the school is committed to the program’s autonomy.

Columbia University administrators summoned the Police Department on Wednesday to arrest demonstrators who had occupied the main library.

Students protesting outside the gates to Columbia University, where some temporarily locked themselves to the gates in New York City, on Monday.

In some cases, the Trump administration has said existing federal law already gives the president all the power he needs to act.

College administrators throughout the country are closely watching whether Columbia responds to the White House with deference or defiance.

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.