Columbia President Minouche Shafik in a video message spoke about the "difficult" last two weeks at the university and how the occupation of Hamilton Hall on campus crossed a line.
Rutgers students who went viral for waving American flags to counter anti-Israel protesters responded to the school administration caving to demands from demonstrators.
New York police began clearing encampments at New York University and the New School on Friday morning and took more than 50 demonstrators into custody.
