Harvard University has pledged to resist the Trump administration’s attacks on its autonomy and has called for an increase in ...

In her first public statement, in March, Claire Shipman, Columbia’s new acting president, acknowledged that the university faced “a precarious moment,” but she did not directly mention ...

The Trump administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to block the university from enrolling ...

Acting president Claire Shipman’s statement follows Harvard’s similar defiance and comes amid escalating federal pressure on elite universities. As reported by The New York Times, Columbia had ...

Columbia University acting president Claire Shipman emphasized the importance of maintaining institutional autonomy in a message Monday night that seemed to tacitly reject a potential consent decree ...

Columbia University’s new acting president dismissed the congressional hearings on campus antisemitism as "nonsense" in a 2023 text message. Claire Shipman, co-chair of the university’s board ...

Columbia University rejects any agreement with the US federal government that would surrender control of the academic institution, acting president Claire Shipman said on Monday. Her statement ...

By Sharon Otterman and Maia Coleman On Capitol Hill last April, Claire Shipman, then a co-chair of Columbia University’s board of trustees, testified that she agreed there was a “moral crisis ...

Following the resignation of former interim University President Katrina Armstrong, Republican lawmakers have criticized the appointment of Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, as acting University ...

In the middle of an academic year that has brought unprecedented federal scrutiny and mass upheaval to Columbia’s campus, the University has named Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, as acting president ...

Columbia's acting President Claire Shipman said the school would reject any heavy-handed measures to bring the school into line.