Top 20 schools Dept. of Education left off the naughty list

[Anonymous]

This list has zero to do with pro Palestinian protests and EVERYTHING to do with specific DEI policies that they want to abolish at these schools. I am so disappointed in the way this issue has been weaponized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This list has zero to do with pro Palestinian protests and EVERYTHING to do with specific DEI policies that they want to abolish at these schools. I am so disappointed in the way this issue has been weaponized.

Ah, this is the answer. Of course you're right.

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Anonymous wrote:Penn has had far more incidents of antisemitism than many schools on the list. But I guess since orange man went there, it’s okay.

Elon went there as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else not thinking "Mao's Cultural Revolution"? Find an excuse to close the universities down, imprison/impoverish the professors, and promote the students that have the right ideology to lead the country.

This is spot on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This list has zero to do with pro Palestinian protests and EVERYTHING to do with specific DEI policies that they want to abolish at these schools. I am so disappointed in the way this issue has been weaponized.

all of this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This list has zero to do with pro Palestinian protests and EVERYTHING to do with specific DEI policies that they want to abolish at these schools. I am so disappointed in the way this issue has been weaponized.

Disagree - but whatever. Fight amongst yourselves.

[Anonymous]

I’m glad they are cracking down on UC Davis. Last year, Israel protesters were going into classrooms where kids were taking finals and protesting. They also blocked buses from getting to campus during finals week. UC Police have been lax since they pepper-sprayed students faces years ago.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what half of you would have thought about the Vietnam protests

[Anonymous]

Brown expelled protesters, voted against divestment and what was there was very very small and taken care of right away.

"Brown has not experienced the heightened hostilities we have seen nationally, and I am writing to share that we’ll see a peaceful end to the unauthorized encampment that was set up April 24, 2024, on the College Green. After productive discussions between members of the Brown University administration and student leaders of the Brown Divest Coalition, we have reached an agreement that will end the encampment by 5 p.m. today."

The handled it very diplomatically. "the students have agreed to remove the encampment and refrain from further actions that would violate the Code of Student Conduct through the end of this academic year, including through Commencement and Reunion Weekend."

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Anonymous wrote:Brown expelled protesters, voted against divestment and what was there was very very small and taken care of right away.

"Brown has not experienced the heightened hostilities we have seen nationally, and I am writing to share that we’ll see a peaceful end to the unauthorized encampment that was set up April 24, 2024, on the College Green. After productive discussions between members of the Brown University administration and student leaders of the Brown Divest Coalition, we have reached an agreement that will end the encampment by 5 p.m. today."

The handled it very diplomatically. "the students have agreed to remove the encampment and refrain from further actions that would violate the Code of Student Conduct through the end of this academic year, including through Commencement and Reunion Weekend."

They had a very FAFO response :

The University temporarily suspended Brown’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine pending an external investigation into conduct violations at a pro-divestment protest held earlier this month.

University policy stipulates that suspended groups lose “all rights and privileges associated with being a recognized student group” on campus, which includes hosting events and group meetings, recruiting members and reserving spaces on campus for group activities.

“Given the severity of alleged threatening, intimidating and harassing actions during an event on campus, Brown University has initiated a review of the event and required the Brown chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine to cease all organization activities pending full review of the matter,” University Spokesperson Brian Clark told The Herald.

“The implementation of the interim measures is based on the severity of the alleged behavior and does not prejudge whether the organization violated policy,” he wrote.

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It feels very different at UCLA this year than last year in terms of protests. Beginning in the fall UCLA had a major crackdown on protests—no overnights, no encampments, no blocking any buildings/student paths/ disrupting classes, etc. Protests seem to be short lived (done within the day they start). Lots of on-campus Police presence. The “Students for Justice in Palestine” club was suspended for publishing incendiary remarks. And the Chancellor just announced a new “Initiative to Combat Antisemitism”.

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There is a difference between: Antisemitic and Anti-Israel.

And someone will reply with the cruelty that Palestinians have done and someone will reply with the cruelty the Israelis have done. Please Don't!

Historically - students have had protests on campus. Vietnam War and all wars in-between and including Afghanistan, BLM, and now this. The response is the same. Did anyone cut the funding?

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Anonymous wrote:There is a difference between: Antisemitic and Anti-Israel.

And someone will reply with the cruelty that Palestinians have done and someone will reply with the cruelty the Israelis have done. Please Don't!

Historically - students have had protests on campus. Vietnam War and all wars in-between and including Afghanistan, BLM, and now this. The response is the same. Did anyone cut the funding?

Exactly. This is up for the schools, students, administrations, and if necessary, local and campus police to deal with. The Fed has NO BUSINESS getting involved.

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Anonymous wrote:Linda McMahon sent a warning letter to 60 schools this week about possible enforcement actions regarding antisemitism on campus. Only half of the schools in the top 20 USNWR rankings made the list. Missing were:

MIT
Dartmouth
Duke
Penn
Caltech
Chicago
UCLA
Rice
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt

To me, some of the schools listed above surprised me, namely MIT and UCLA as I recall reading about some very intense pro Palestine protests on campus where Jewish students felt unsafe. Did they already clean up their acts?

Here's the complete list of the 60 schools. 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

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

That list is bonkers, it makes no sense at all.

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Anonymous wrote:this is a kangaroo presidency. I don't take anything they do seriously.

they just want to undermine and control all of our institutions, especially our universities.

Very disrespectful of kangaroos. They do not deserve comparison to probably the most loathsome and ignorant group to ever sit in our government.