Journalist who covered Columbia University protests reflects on president’s resignation
Students and other protesters are in a tent camp on the campus of Columbia University in New York on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
Students at Columbia University will be starting the new school year with new leadership after the school’s president Nemat Shafik resigned Wednesday. She’s the third Ivy League president to leave her job after facing intense criticism over her handling of pro-Palestinian protests on campus in the spring.
Here & Now’s Lisa Mullins speaks to the Wall Street Journal’s Melissa Korn for more.
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