Columbia University’s interim president is resigning from her position at the embattled Ivy League, just days she told the Trump administration she would implement a mask ban to not lose $400 million in federal funding — while privately promising faculty she would not put one in place.
Katrina Armstrong’s decision to step down came on the heels of her high-profile battle with the Trump administration over the prestigious New York school’s $400 million in federal funding, sources told the Wall Street Journal Friday.
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