Chaos on campus is far from over. Columbia’s president is just the latest shoe to drop | CNN Business

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The new school year is already beginning where the last one ended: In turmoil.

The resignation of Columbia President Minouche Shafik Wednesday was shocking, not because it was unexpected – it was a surprise that she survived so long, considering the mounting pressure on her to step down over the university’s poor handling of the campus protests last school year after Hamas’ deadly October 7 attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people.

The astonishing part of Shafik’s announcement was the timing.

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