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

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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.

Good ole DEI

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This is such a classic fascist move. Colleges/universities are often the center of protests. I think this is less about past protests re: Palestine and more about preemptively intimidating universities to curtail any future protests. Pretty sure it’s even in the whole project 2025 and dismantling the US playbooks floating around on the web. Get rid of the academics, squash dissent. Yada yada.

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Anonymous wrote:Such a random list. Like, where’s Wesleyan?

Wesleyan didn’t have antisemitism, dolt. Jewish prez is creating open but nor hostile culture.

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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

Tulane really? The only “Jewish” school on this list? Is this a joke? if anything, Tulane should be sent for these kids to stop excluding everybody else on campus….

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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.

I think it's because they were tied to policies under the former president, who resigned. Not sure what campus climate is like now.

no. other colleges had people resign, even presidents.

this list is typical for this admin: a list was made, was shown around a table and everyone took their favorite school off for no real reason other than alumni status or they like the football team or whatever. totally random and subjective and whatever the fat white guys thought in the moment. the conversations went like this:

"take notre dame off, my son is there."
"done. anyone else?"
"can I add a school? I heard about this one thing on Joe Rogan and it's just a woke bs"
"of course. add, remove, whatever you want"

If that’s the case, how come Ohio State (Vance’s alma mater) is on the list?

Because Vance believes no one did anything for him, ever. He's totally a self-made man in his mind. And that extends to Ohio State, which he's like eh, fine. He refuses to see that he was a DEI admit to Yale as a non-combative vet. He rose despite them all. Ohio State and Yale? Those were auto-ads.

Oh, he is combative all right…

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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?

100%

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Anonymous wrote:

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

Tulane really? The only “Jewish” school on this list? Is this a joke? if anything, Tulane should be sent for these kids to stop excluding everybody else on campus….

+2 Crazy Tulane is on this list.

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Anonymous wrote:The list does seem random. My kid is at AU, and feels they've done a good job keeping a tight lid on protests (small and not disruptive). Admin was very clear they would not make concesssions to the protestors, eg divestment.

There have been a number of antisemitic incidents, but they were condemned in no uncertain terms and disciplinary action promised.
https://www.american.edu/president/announcements/october-20-2023.cfm

Here is the ADL report card. Not perfect, but surprised they were seen to rise to the level of the "list."
https://www.adl.org/campus-antisemitism-report-card/american-university

News flash:

They do not really care about Jewish people or antisemitism.

They want to destroy elite academic institutions, which you can read about in their plan.

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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.

Yes. The fact anyone believes this is about antisemitism is concerning...

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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.

As did Ivanka and Don Trump Jr.

They really pick the winners.

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Anonymous wrote:You all understand that Trump is just following Orban's playbook in Hungary, to take control of the country's universities, right?

The antisemitism thing is just an excuse. Please understand what's really going on - they're trying to take control of universities to indoctrinate students, as is done in authoritarian countries.

Here's JD Vance talking about it last year before he was Trump's running mate
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4673650-vance-doubles-down-on-praise-for-viktor-orbans-crackdown-on-universities-in-hungary/

What the person above said.

This has NOTHING to do with antisemitism.

Trump does NOT care about that or he would not hire antisemitic people into his administration like Stephen Miller or hang out with Nazis like Musk.

+1

Combating antisemitism is a pretext.

Timing this announcement immediately after the Columbia smack down is intentional - to attempt to link it to the so-called goal of addressing antisemitism.

But like everything this administration does, it was executed poorly.

And this administration is full of antisemitic nightmares. (Plus, authoritarian regimes never turn out well for the Jews …. )

Ultimately, this is about undermining/destroying the power and influence of our higher education and our college/university system.

It starts with shutting down protests on college campuses re ANYTHING about which this administration disagrees.

Today the pretext is the Israel/Gaza issue. But going forward, any protest of Trump administration policies will be deemed anti-American, illegal, and/or domestic terrorism.

This administration wants compliance above all else.

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I’m honestly shocked that Chicago isn’t on the list. If you’re Zionist, a college that basically says “we have no job at protecting our students, just educating them” should be pretty scary. Chicago is all about open discourse and does not promote any moral message as an institution, it’s pretty interesting, but I’d expect that behavior to get them flagged.

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Anonymous wrote:NYU also isn't on the list..can't imagine why.

+1 That was my first thought, surprised it took until page 6 for someone to point it out.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly shocked that Chicago isn’t on the list. If you’re Zionist, a college that basically says “we have no job at protecting our students, just educating them” should be pretty scary. Chicago is all about open discourse and does not promote any moral message as an institution, it’s pretty interesting, but I’d expect that behavior to get them flagged.

To the contrary. Institutional neutrality and encouraging open and respectful discourse is what all schools should be doing. If we all learned to have open and respectful conversations, rather than yelling hatred at each other and physically threatening those with whom we disagree, we would all be better off.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m honestly shocked that Chicago isn’t on the list. If you’re Zionist, a college that basically says “we have no job at protecting our students, just educating them” should be pretty scary. Chicago is all about open discourse and does not promote any moral message as an institution, it’s pretty interesting, but I’d expect that behavior to get them flagged.

To the contrary. Institutional neutrality and encouraging open and respectful discourse is what all schools should be doing. If we all learned to have open and respectful conversations, rather than yelling hatred at each other and physically threatening those with whom we disagree, we would all be better off.

I’m not disagreeing with this approach at all; it’s what I advocate for. But if you’re a rabid Zionist and care solely about your feelings, this approach is scary to you, and an admin coming down hard on antisemitism would not allow this to stand.