Most classes at Columbia University will move to a hybrid model through the end of the semester due to tense pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus.
Classes were moved to a virtual format Monday following hundreds of arrests and campus unrest. The university faces its seventh day of clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters during the Jewish holiday of Passover.
“Safety is our highest priority as we strive to support our students’ learning and all the required academic operations. It’s vital that teaching and learning continue during this time,” reads the announcement, which urged faculty members on the main campus who could move their classes to a hybrid format to do so.
Columbia President Minouche Shafik moved classes online to “deescalate” tensions.
“We need a reset,” Shafik said. “To deescalate the rancor and give
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