Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: CNN

Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims

By Karina Tsui and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN
4 minute read
Updated 1:11 PM EDT, Tue March 11, 2025

(CNN) — The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Monday sent letters to 60 colleges and universities it says are under investigation for alleged violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination,” warning institutions of possible consequences if they don’t take adequate steps to protect Jewish students.

The Office for Civil Rights said that it sent letters under its authority to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bans any institution receiving federal funds from discriminating based on race, color, and national origin.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/us/department-of-education-warning-universities-title-vi-antisemitism/index.html

[surfered]

1. Just a reminder why Christofascists support Israel.

It's not because they like Jews. The Book of Revelations in their Bible tells them that Israel must be in existence at the time of the Second coming of Christ. That's when the "true believers" all get raptured to Heaven and the Jews all die.

[JackintheGreen]

2. Step 1: block Xitter on campus n/t

[AloeVera]

3. Trump should look for anti-semitism in his Nazi base

Not among university undergraduates - mainly idealistic young women - protesting what they see as the indiscriminate killing of little brown children.

[yardwork]

6. Trump said he would do this if he was elected.

There are only a few possible reasons why supposedly idealistic people would help elect the candidate who promised to destroy Gaza and go after colleges and universities that are "allowing protests." (Which happens to be a Constitutional right but apparently only the Second Amendment counts these days...)

If you can think of more please add to the list, but I've got...

1. Voters were so misinformed they thought that Trump would help Gaza, even though he repeatedly said that he would allow/help Israel to destroy it.

2. Voters hoped to "burn it all down" and so voted for the destroyer candidate who would annihilate our entire country, in the hope that something better will emerge. Palestine to be sacrificed along the way.

3. Voters hoped to watch it all burn down purely for the sake of their personal entertainment, secure in their belief that it won't affect them. These people love Musk.

4. Voters hoped the situation would get much worse so that they can continue complaining (a corollary of Option 2).

5. Voters held mostly Republican points of view (homophobic, sexist, racist, believe in the "free market," low taxes, and no government regulation) so they were always going to vote for Trump but it makes them feel better to say it was all the Democrats' fault for yadda yadda.

That's it. I can't think of any other possible reasons why voters who care about Palestinians would help elect Trump.

[AloeVera]

7. This list paints pro-Pal people as dimwitted, malignant and sociopathic.

Along with the Republican traits of racism etc.

Which I am sure is not your view or intention.

So I have nothing to add to such a list. Sorry.

[AloeVera]

9. But aside from all that..

What does the vote of pro- Palestinians, Muslims etc have to do with the serious rights abuses against them by the Trimp Admin? Other than to deflect and victim-blame, that is?

[moniss]

4. Notice how they don't ask about

anti-Muslim harassment and discrimination. As we know the GQP has fought hard to make anti-Muslim groups and speakers a permanent fixture on college campuses all under the guise of "free speech".

[hlthe2b]

5. An administration literally full of NAZIs and they are worried about past pro-Palestinian protests that have

long ceased on university campuses. The earth is no longer on its axis.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Does this fig leaf fool anyone ? It's just an excuse to punish the educated for speaking out -- on anything.

Yes, there is real antisemitism, but the right's sudden apoplexy over it is just a convenient excuse to launch attacks on anyone on the left, including the most UN-antisemitic people around. Anyone even a tiny bit "out of line" will be tarred with the same brush -- just as Joseph McCarthy tarred people as Communists, whether there was any accuracy in the charge or not.

[Blackjackdavey]

11. An attack on every progressive

Community in America. People are spending time wondering why?

[SunSeeker]

12. The Dept. Of Education lists the following 60 colleges and universities:

American University
Arizona State University 
Boston University 
Brown University 
California State University, Sacramento 
Chapman University 
Columbia University 
Cornell University 
Drexel University 
Eastern Washington University 
Emerson College 
George Mason University 
Harvard University 
Illinois Wesleyan University 
Indiana University, Bloomington 
Johns Hopkins University 
Lafayette College 
Lehigh University 
Middlebury College 
Muhlenberg College 
Northwestern University 
Ohio State University 
Pacific Lutheran University     
Pomona College 
Portland State University 
Princeton University 
Rutgers University 
Rutgers University-Newark
Santa Monica College 
Sarah Lawrence College 
Stanford University 
State University of New York
Binghamton State University of New York
Rockland State University of New York, Purchase 
Swarthmore College 
Temple University 
The New School 
Tufts University 
Tulane University 
Union College 
University of California Davis 
University of California San Diego 
University of California Santa Barbara
University of California, Berkeley
University of Cincinnati
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of North Carolina
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee
University of Virginia
University of Washington-Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wellesley College
Whitman College
Yale University

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-educations-office-civil-rights-sends-letters-60-universities-under-investigation-antisemitic-discrimination-and-harassment

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Fascism is here

[SunSeeker]

14. Yes. My son's college is on that list. It was already hit with a $200M NIH research funding cut.

His college is devastated. It's a renowned medical resesrch institution. Hundreds of pending research projects have been left in the lurch with no funding, resulting in an across the board hiring freeze and attempt to move money from other programs so that precious research results are not ruined or patients left with implants that need to be removed, etc. This is affecting all the students. My son is not a medical student, but his department was hit to deal with the funding cut, and he was not able to get classes he needs to graduate next session.

And for what?

It's infuriating.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. It is insanity. We have never seen this dystopian animosity before. Ever.

[deurbano]

16. How is there still an "Office of Civll Rights" (or a Dept. of Ed)? I'd have thought Musk's merry band of Incels would

have already eliminated that office. (Kinda DEI sounding?)

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Half gone now - maybe they'll only investigate 30?

See https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143415814