Board of Trustees Co-Chair Claire Shipman was appointed acting president with immediate effect, while the board searches for a new president.

Katrina Armstrong has come under pressure amid a high-profile battle with the Trump administration over the university’s federal funding.

Columbia University’s president is stepping down as the school sits at the center of renewed national attention. Journalist Claire Shipman will serve as interim.

Columbia University’s interim president resigned Friday, becoming the Ivy League school’s second embattled leader to vacate the position as the school remains the target of President Donald Trump and other Republicans over its handling of pro-Palestinian student activism.

Columbia University's interim President Katrina Armstrong is resigning, days after the university agreed to policy changes demanded by the Trump administration.

The former television journalist and co-chair of the university’s board of trustees takes the helm at a time of significant peril for the institution.