This issue has the potential to change the landscape of higher education.
FOX News reports:
Campus antisemitism has parents, students reconsidering college choicesA surge of antisemitic acts on college campuses across the United States is prompting some parents and students to rethink their higher education plans, according to an educational expert.”This problem stems from the top of a university,” Jennifer Brozost, co-founder of the Private Education Advisory Service, told Fox News. “These kind of protests and hateful actions and violence would not be happening on college campuses if they were not allowed to be.””Parents and kids are taking note, and they’re watching,” she added.Antisemitic incidents surged more than 300% in the month following Hamas’ attack on Israel, according to a recent Anti-Defamation League survey. There were 124 incidents recorded on college campuses between Oct. 7 and Nov. 7, according to the ADL, compared to just 12 during the same period last year.Brandy Shufutinsky, an educational consultant and mother of four, said her Black, Jewish family has “completely reevaluated” where their two school-aged children will eventually attend college.”The idea that I would send my 14-year-old to any university where he’s going to knowingly encounter antisemitism or be targeted or be forced to stay behind locked doors in a cafeteria because there’s a lynch mob outside targeting him is abhorrent and ridiculous,” Shufutinsky said. “I’m not sending my child to college to be lynched.”Hamas’ attack coincided with early decision college applications for many students, Brozost said, but now she’s hearing from many families who are waiting to commit to schools as they evaluate how safe they will be for Jewish students. Some students are even considering a gap year, she said.”They’re saying, ‘No. I’m not just waiting and seeing a couple months. I want to see real change,'” Brozost said. Her company PEAS helps parents navigate the admissions process.
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