Jewish students and a professor said the university had allowed a hostile protest. After the settlement was announced, the Department of Justice separately said it had found the university violated civil rights laws.

Columbia University has disciplined over 70 students for participating in two student-led protests, a source familiar with the matter said.

The University of California, Los Angeles, has reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor who filed a lawsuit alleging UCLA violated their civil rights