Culture
MIT President Sally Kornbluth faced antisemitism complaint while provost at Duke, docs show(Daily Caller News Foundation) â 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 Presidentâs stated support for IsraelA senior adviser with the U.S. Department of Education has become the second federal official to resign over the Biden administrationâs position that Israel has a right to defend itself… Read More
Public Education
GMU is latest school under fedsâ scrutiny for campus antisemitism(Daily Caller News Foundation) â 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 scandalHarvardâs president, Claudine Gay, resigned on Tuesday, marking the end of a contentious plagiarism scandal and what was the shortest presidential tenure in school history. âThis is not a decision… Read More
Culture
Harvard faces more fallout following Claudine Gayâs 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) â 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
Opinion
Not just Ivy League: Public universities like GMU also must answer for moral rot(The Daily Signal) â 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, private universities. 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
Opinion
Antisemitism hearing shows itâs long past time to drain swamp of academia(The Daily Signal) â Our most prestigious institutions of higher education have devolved into know-nothing hate factories operating in an unaccountable cocoon of ideological conformity and reinforcement. Read More
Culture
Harvard presidentâs testimony raises the question: Was she qualified to lead in the first place?Harvard President Claudine Gayâs testimony on antisemitism raises questions about whether sheâs fit to lead what some consider to be Americaâs 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 âa good exampleâ of ârespectful speechâAnti-Israel student protestors at Columbia University continue to demonstrate, and even barraged Hillary Clinton with chants about âgenocideâ 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) â Kansas’ Maize USD 266 has been advised by the federal Department of Educationâs (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) â A Northern Virginia middle school chose âPalestineâ as their country to represent as part of a school district-wide multicultural fair, omitting any recognition of the State of… Read More
Public Education
Antisemitism behind riot that forced teacher to hide at New York high school, says city councilmanPolice are investigating what caused a mob of students to hound a terrified New York teacher for expressing support for Israel last week â but some already know the answer. Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania school board member resigns after calling Israel Defense Forces a âterrorist organizationâA Philadelphia-area school board member has resigned after making antisemitic comments on social media. Jamina Clay, a school board member for the Colonial School District (CSD), received harsh rebuke for… Read More
Culture
Pro-Israel rally in D.C. draws 300,000, highlighting higher ed disconnectA huge pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. demonstrates the growing disconnect between pro-Hamas sentiments in higher education and support for Israel from rest of the nation. The event drew nearly… Read More
Opinion
Congress must end federal handouts to radicalized academia(The Daily Signal) â In recent weeks, Americans have been shocked by widespread student protests and statements by professors from colleges and universities that support violence against Israel. Read More
Public Education
Yale student newspaper retracts erroneous pro-Hamas editorial ‘notes,â cites unsubstantiated threats against staffThe Yale Daily News (YDN) has issued a retraction of its editorâs notes claiming a lack of evidence of Hamas terrorism in the Palestinian groupâs October attack on Israel. Critics… Read More