U.S. Division Investigating 5 Universities The place Widespread Antisemitic Harassment has Been Reported
WASHINGTON – Pursuant to President Trump’s Government Order, Extra Measures to Fight Anti-Semitism, the U.S. Division of Training right this moment introduced investigations into 5 establishments of upper schooling the place widespread antisemitic harassment has been reported. The investigations are in response to the explosion of antisemitism on American campuses following the Hamas bloodbath of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Division’s Workplace for Civil Rights (OCR) is opening the investigations below Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964), which protects college students from discrimination and harassment primarily based on nationwide origin, together with shared ancestry. The faculties are:
- Columbia College
- Northwestern College
- Portland State College
- The College of California, Berkeley
- The College of Minnesota, Twin Cities
“Too many universities have tolerated widespread antisemitic harassment and the unlawful encampments that paralyzed campus life final yr, driving Jewish life and spiritual expression underground. The Biden Administration’s toothless decision agreements did shamefully little to carry these establishments accountable,” mentioned Craig Trainor, Appearing Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. “At the moment, the Division is placing universities, schools, and Okay-12 faculties on discover: this administration is not going to tolerate continued institutional indifference to the wellbeing of Jewish college students on American campuses, nor will it stand by idly if universities fail to fight Jew hatred and the illegal harassment and violence it animates.”
These investigations construct upon the foundational work of the Home Committee on Training and the Workforce below then-Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, which discovered that college administrations “overwhelmingly failed” to guard or assist their Jewish college students, even making “astounding concessions” to unlawful, anti-American encampments.
The Division of Training seems to be ahead to working with the Division of Justice and the Division of Well being and Human Providers as part of right this moment’s introduced process pressure to fight antisemitism.
