Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joins Columbia University months after not being tapped for the second administration.

Pompeo, a longtime ally of Israel, takes the role as other elite schools face pressure to show an openness to conservative ideas, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be headed to Columbia University this spring to teach a course on diplomacy, the university confirmed to Axios Monday. Why it matters: The former Trump administration official's arrival at the school comes roughly a year after the Ivy League university became the epicenter of college campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

Elite schools face pressure to show they are open to conservative ideas.

Mike Pompeo, President Trump’s secretary of State in his first term, is joining Columbia University as a fellow starting in March. He will be joining the Institute of Global Politics as a distinguished fellow starting March 1 and will keep the position through February 2026,