Columbia University’s interim president has resigned her role just one week after the Ivy League university agreed to change several policies to satisfy demands from the Trump administration.
Katrina Armstrong had led the university since August, after the previous president resigned over her handling of protests against Israel’s military operation in Gaza.
Columbia has drawn ire from Donald Trump, who claims that it and other schools have tolerated antisemitism and the harassment of Jewish students.
Trump has already withheld some $400m (£309m) in federal funding for Columbia as the administration continues to target those involved in campus protests with deportation.
Katrina Armstrong will return to her previous role leading’s Columbia’s medical centre, the university said in a statement on Friday. She will be replaced by Board of Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman.
“Dr. Armstrong accepted the role of interim president at a time of great uncertainty for the University and worked tirelessly to promote the interests of our community,” David J. Greenwald, chair of the university’s board of trustees, said in a statement.
Last week, Columbia agreed to several demands from the Trump administration, including a ban on face masks at protests, and a change in oversight of some academic programmes.