Columbia President Nemat Shafik testified before the House that the school has had to ramp up its number of student misconduct cases in the wake of campus antisemitism.
President Nemat Shafik testified before the House on Wednesday that the school has had to ramp up its number of student misconduct cases in the wake of campusChairwoman Virginia Foxx when she said multiple students had been suspended or put on disciplinary probation in connection with unauthorized pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
“I promise you, from the messages I’m hearing from students, they are getting the message that law will have consequences,” she added. The university president explained the school’s new system involves sending an immediate warning letter, written in consultation with the school’s Task Force on Antisemitism, when a student does something such as participating in an unsanctioned rally on campus. The policy involves a “hierarchy of punishments” depending on criteria, such as how many violations occur and the severity of them.
However, Shafik also explained that the disciplinary system was previously inadequate to respond to the sort of actions the school needs to take now.
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