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Biden team resolves its final Title VI antisemitism and anti-Arab cases

January 17, 2025January 17, 2025Sara Wood

In the final days of the Biden administration, the federal Department of Education has resolved a small number of its many remaining Title VI cases involving allegations of antisemitic and anti-Palestinian discrimination. The resolutions at the University of Washington, Emory University, Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and Howard County Public Schools in Maryland come in the […]

Department of Ed resolves Title VI antisemitism complaints against 5 U of California campuses, U of Cincinnati

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024Sara Wood

The U.S. Department of Education announced it had resolved nine antisemitism- and Islamophobia-related civil rights complaints made against five campuses inside the University of California system on Friday, including some involving a prominent pro-Palestinian encampment in Los Angeles that had descended into violence in the spring. The sweeping resolution comes in the final weeks of […]

Deportations, lawsuits, increased scrutiny: How the Trump administration could handle campus antisemitism

November 27, 2024November 27, 2024Sara Wood

Jewish parents in Maryland’s Montgomery County have no clue how their school district’s antisemitism investigation is proceeding. It’s been more than nine months since the U.S. Department of Education opened its Title VI civil rights probe into reports of antisemitic bullying, including at pro-Palestinian student protests, at the suburban Maryland district. The case was one […]