Calling the police on the peaceful Gaza encampment on the Columbia lawns has sparked a debate on whether American academic institutions are genuinely free or merely maintaining a facade of freedom.
Columbia President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. / Photo: AP
Less than a year into her tenure at the university, Shafik now faces growing scrutiny and calls for resignation after allowing New York Police Department officers to enter campus and clear out protesting students who are part of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. The Gaza Solidarity Encampments have since spread beyond Columbia’s campus, including Emerson New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, and more.
By the age of 15, she had attended ten different schools in three different cities, Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina.She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Politics in 1983, before receiving a Master of Science in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1986, and a Doctor of Philosophy in economics from St Antony's College, Oxford University in 1989.
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