UC Santa Barbara, where Jewish student president was accused of supporting ‘genocide,’ is subject of new Title VI investigation
A Baltimore-area school district is also the subject of a new investigation this week
A Baltimore-area school district is also the subject of a new investigation this week
The Title VI case in Park City Schools was prompted by a Jewish parent
The Department of Education has opened 48 cases tied to antisemitism at colleges and universities since Oct. 7, most related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Department of Education also announced an inquiry into a Massachusetts public school district where local Jewish leaders alleged antisemitism
Title VI investigations are also now underway at The New School, the University of Michigan, and the University of South Florida
The U.S. Department of Education dismissed a complaint against the University of California Berkeley that claimed anti-Israel protests on campus created a hostile environment for Jewish students, and that the university was legally obligated to curb them. The 2012 complaint, filed with the education department’s Office of Civil Rights by two recent graduates, alleged that…
American Jewry’s umbrella organization for domestic issues has called on Congress to expand a key provision of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act to protect students from discrimination on the basis of religion. But the nascent effort has already raised the hackles of some Jewish officials who worry that this could open a can of…
With Jewish leaders poised to call for a restrained approach to the use of federal civil rights law for disputes on college campuses, one group is pushing the community to take a more aggressive role toward Jewish student complaints. The Jewish Community Relations Council of Northern New Jersey has submitted a proposal to the Jewish…