Columbia University has disciplined over 70 students for participating in two student-led protests, a source familiar with the matter said.
In a Tuesday statement, the university confirmed that it was punishing students who participated in the protest at the school’s Butler Library, where at least 80 people were detained, as well as a similar demonstration during its annual alumni weekend last year.
Columbia said it would not release the “individual disciplinary results of any student,” but noted that “sanctions from Butler Library include probation, suspensions (ranging from one year to three years), degree revocations, and expulsions.”
The source familiar with the matter told NBC News in a phone call that of the suspended students, two-thirds were suspended for two years.