Public Education
Watchdog claims California university department’s anti-Israel activism likely violated school policy, state laws(Daily Caller News Foundation) – University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) faculty may have violated school policies and state law after engaging in multiple anti-Israel events and protests over the… Read More
Courts
Jewish student sues Rutgers University over alleged retaliation for his antisemitism complaintA Jewish law student is suing his university for retaliating against him after he raised concerns about antisemitism on campus. Yoel Ackerman, a first-year law student at Rutgers University, claims… Read More
Culture
‘Egregious violations’: Washington Post has pattern of anti-Israel bias and irresponsible middle east coverage, says report(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Washington Post is receiving substantial backlash for numerous problems linked to alleged anti-Israel bias in its coverage of the country’s war against terrorist group… Read More
Culture
MIT President Sally Kornbluth faced antisemitism complaint while provost at Duke, docs show(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Sally Kornbluth was embroiled in an antisemitism controversy in 2019 when she was the Provost of Duke University, according… Read More
Public Education
Biden ed official second to resign over President’s stated support for IsraelA senior adviser with the U.S. Department of Education has become the second federal official to resign over the Biden administration’s position that Israel has a right to defend itself… Read More
Public Education
GMU is latest school under feds’ scrutiny for campus antisemitism(Daily Caller News Foundation) – George Mason University, located in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., has been added to a list of dozens of institutions of higher education… Read More
Public Education
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism scandalHarvard’s president, Claudine Gay, resigned on Tuesday, marking the end of a contentious plagiarism scandal and what was the shortest presidential tenure in school history. “This is not a decision… Read More
Culture
Harvard faces more fallout following Claudine Gay’s congressional testimony on antisemitismA prestigious business school in Vienna has announced it’s severing ties with Harvard University following a pattern of antisemitism on its campus. The Lauder Business School announced the end its… Read More
Public Education
Dept. of Ed. investigating George Mason University after allegations of antisemitism(Daily Caller News Foundation) – George Mason University (GMU) has been added to a Department of Education (DOE) investigation that is researching allegations of antisemitism and islamophobia on campus, News4Washington… Read More
Culture
Plagued by plagiarism scandal, Harvard’s political donations now flood to this political party(The Center Square) – As Harvard faces increasing pressure to fire its embattled president, the university’s insular culture and one-sided politics are under the microscope. So far in the 2024… Read More
Opinion
Not just Ivy League: Public universities like GMU also must answer for moral rot(The Daily Signal) – So far, almost all the critical focus on how university leaders have manifestly failed to address rampant antisemitism on their campuses has been aimed at selective,… Read More
Culture
The National Association of Scholars urges Harvard to oust Claudine GayThe National Association of Scholars (NAS) is calling for the removal of Harvard President Claudine Gay following her congressional testimony in which she failed to directly condemn antisemitic speech at… Read More
Congress, Israel
UPenn president resigns amid campus antisemitism controversy(The Center Square) – University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned Saturday, just days after her testimony at a Congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., about antisemitism on campus and the… Read More
Opinion
Antisemitism hearing shows it’s long past time to drain swamp of academia(The Daily Signal) – Our most prestigious institutions of higher education have devolved into know-nothing hate factories operating in an unaccountable cocoon… Read More
Culture
Harvard president’s testimony raises the question: Was she qualified to lead in the first place?Harvard President Claudine Gay’s testimony on antisemitism raises questions about whether she’s fit to lead what some consider to be America’s most prestigious university. After a… Read More
Public Education
Penn president under fire after alum withdraws $100 million donation over antisemitismThe president of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is under fire after a prominent alumnus decided to withdraw a $100 million donation to the school. The loss is directly related… Read More
Public Education
Harvard, UPenn, MIT presidents blasted over failed responses to campus antisemitismDoes calling for genocide against the Jewish people constitute harassment and bullying under the policies of an Ivy League university? At Harvard, it depends, said Claudine Gay, university president, who … Read More
Culture
Anti-Israel protests continue at Columbia, even targeting Hillary Clinton, in what university officials defend as ‘a good example’ of ‘respectful speech’Anti-Israel student protestors at Columbia University continue to demonstrate, and even barraged Hillary Clinton with chants about “genocide” as she departed a classroom. The former secretary of… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district targeted by US Dept. of Ed. for possible antisemitism(The Sentinel) – Kansas’ Maize USD 266 has been advised by the federal Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights that it is among seven institutions in… Read More
Public Education
School district fair promotes Palestine, excludes Israel, raising questions from critics(The Center Square) – A Northern Virginia middle school chose “Palestine” as their country to represent as part of a school district-wide multicultural fair, omitting any recognition of the State… Read More