US Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Columbia University is 'on the right track' toward recovering federal funding after implementing policy changes demanded by the Trump administration following pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The university agreed to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision, overhaul protest and student discipline rules, adopt a new definition of antisemitism, and expand 'intellectual diversity' by staffing up its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies. The Trump administration pulled $400 million in funding over how the university handled antisemitism amid protests against Israel's military campaign in Gaza. Federal officials demanded nine changes to the university's policies in order to consider restoring the funds.