Barack Obama is reportedly heading back to Columbia University after his term

Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, said Monday that Obama “has long talked about his respect for Columbia University and his desire to continue working with them”.

The Barack Obama Foundation announced then it would “maintain a presence at Columbia University for the goal of exploring and developing opportunities for a long term association”. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia. Bollinger said at the time, “We look forward to hosting the foundation on our campus and take great pride in being part of the post-presidency of our alumnus”. But in a statement, the university said previous year that it had wanted to put the library in Manhattanville, where Columbia is now expanding with a satellite campus.

Reports indicate that once President Barack Obama ends his term as Commander-in-Chief, he’s heading back to the Big Apple.

Columbia President Lee Bollinger spoke at the university’s convocation, a ceremony welcoming new students.

Columbia has not commented on Bollinger’s remarks.

Relations between Obama and Columbia University was tested earlier this year after Columbia University lost to the University of Chicago in its bid to house Obama’s presidential library and museum.

Speculation about Obama’s return to his alma mater began circulating in late April when the New York Post reported there were rumors that Obama would move to New York to teach as a professor at Columbia Law School after he leaves the White House.

“I would walk down from Columbia just to get H&H bagels on Saturdays or on the weekends”, he said. He previously taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago.

The president transferred to Columbia from California’s Occidental College in 1981 as a 20-year-old junior.