University presidents waffled in condemning calls for genocide. Jews are on our own as much as ever
To suggest that antisemitic hate speech is problematic only when it violates university policy is a profound failure of leadership
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Fast Forward Criticism mounts against UPenn president after she declines to say calls for genocide of Jews constitute harassment
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was the latest to lambast a contentious exchange between presidents of elite universities and a congressional committee examining the spike in antisemitism on campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward Faculty senate at University of Pennsylvania condemns ‘intimidation’ by donors over Israel
Academic freedom ‘is not a commodity that can be bought or sold,’ read the faculty statement
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Fast Forward World Jewish Congress head Ron Lauder threatens to pull University of Pennsylvania funding, citing antisemitism
Lauder says timing of controversial Palestinian literary event held at Penn a week before Hamas attacks 'couldn't have been worse'
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Fast Forward With campus president fending off ADL criticism, Penn Hillel hit by vandal
The suspect also shouted antisemitic epithets according to a witness interviewed by the student newspaper
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News Is This Penn Law Professor A Truth-Teller Or A Bigot?
The latest battle in the “free speech wars” on college campuses took place at the University of Pennsylvania this month, where a professor known for her controversial views on affirmative action was removed from her position teaching mandatory first-year classes. Amy Wax, a tenured professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, had made disparaging…
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Fast Forward Penn Law Professor Under Fire After Claiming Black Students Get Worse Grades
A professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School has been punished by her school after claiming in an online debate that African-American students get worse grades. Amy Wax, a tenured professor, made that claim last September in a recently-resurfaced conversation with Brown University economist Glenn Loury on the online platform Bloggingheads. “Here’s a very…
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News U. Penn Law Professor Disciplined For Comments About Black Students
The University of Pennsylvania law school took disciplinary action this week against a professor who made remarks asserting black students are rarely successful, according to the Washington Post. Tenured professor Amy Wax, who is Jewish, faced sharp criticism in recent days after video surfaced of an interview she gave in September 2017 on the YouTube…
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