House Investigation Finds Harvard Ignored Recommendations From Their Antisemitism Taskforce
“a robust set of significant recommendations … which were not made public and remain unimplemented”
Harvard seems determined to ignore this problem until it blows over or to just sweep it under the rug.
The College Fix reports:
Harvard ignored own antisemitism taskforce’s advice: House investigation
Harvard is defending its approach to combating antisemitism after an investigation by a U.S. House committee found the university failed to employ the recommendations of the advisory group it established to address the problem.
The report by the House Education and the Workforce Committee found Harvard’s Antisemitism Advisory Group gave leaders “a robust set of significant recommendations … which were not made public and remain unimplemented.”
The findings are part of a larger investigation of antisemitism on college campuses across the country and university leaders’ responses.
Harvard spokesman Jason Newton told The College Fix in a recent email that he was disappointed by the “selective excerpts from internal documents” that present “an incomplete and inaccurate view of Harvard’s overall efforts to combat antisemitism.”
Newton, director of media relations at Harvard, said the Antisemitism Advisory Group played an important role in establishing “the groundwork for ongoing efforts to combat antisemitism” and changing campus for the better.
He told The Fix the university’s “community and campus are different today because of the actions we have taken, and continue to take, to combat hate and to promote and nurture civil dialogue and respectful engagement.”
Former President Claudine Gay established the advisory group in October 2023 to address “increased antisemitism” on campus following Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. Gay resigned a few months later after being accused of not doing enough to address antisemitism. Her departure also was tied to numerous plagiarism accusations.
The group — “composed of Harvard faculty, alumni […], and a student representative” — aimed to provide “Harvard’s leadership with significant recommendations on goals and steps to address antisemitism at the University,” according to the House investigation.
However, the investigation found significant measures had not been taken to ensure the security of Harvard’s Jewish population.
North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, who chairs the House committee, said in a May news release that none of the AAG’s suggestions were “implemented with any real vigor.”
These suggestions included a implementing a “zero tolerance” policy “for classroom disruptions” and “holding student organizations accountable for adhering to University rules.”
According to the House report, the problems identified by the advisory group included “insufficiency of Harvard’s response to reports of antisemitic incidents” and “dramatic declines in Jewish enrollment at Harvard.” The group also found a “need to examine terror financiers’ potential influence at Harvard; [and] The need to address masked protest on campus,” according to the Congressional investigation.
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Well, gee, I’m surprised.
Stick a fork in it – Harvard’s done.
I wish. I am sure they are not. They have a gigantic endowment, an irreplaceable and luxurious campus in as prime a location as one could imagine, and lots and lots of academic clout, and powerful alumni.
They’re not done. They’re an enduring adversary.
Maybe it’s time they pay some enduring property taxes.
Of course they did , the administration at Harvard just wants it to look like they are doing something so they can shrug all criticism by saying : look we have a task force . They don’t actually want to do anything different. That would require significant change and no one in power there actually wants that , they like their status quo.
And they have tenure. Proven plagiarist Claudine Gay, with an almost nonexistent publication record, is still on the faculty. She’s just one we know about.
If we banned foreign governments from investing in American Institutions of Education and decided that it would be AMERICANS who get to call the shots for how the next generation of Americans are educated a furious donor class who has been ignorant of Harvard’s wokeness up to now and congress would have Harvard up against the wall and have all the leverage in these disputes.
“The group also found a “need to examine terror financiers’ potential influence at Harvard”
Harvard?
If Epstein hadn’t not-killed himself, they’d still be taking HIS money.
“Selective…incomplete…inaccurate…”
About the only buzz word he missed was “context.”
But did Jason Newton point out what was “Selective…incomplete…inaccurate…?”
Newton quoted in the link at The Fix:
Let’s see how Jewish applications and enrollment compare for the freshman classes of 2023 and 2024. Just sayin.’ Note that for all the articles about Harvard’s freshman class of 2024, Harvard has apparently not released any information about the enrollment/application/acceptance numbers for Jewish students. I wonder why…..
All you need is the admissions office, and you can control the future. Harvard faculty have no sway at the undergrad. admissions office. It’s those “admissions experts” who do whatever the hell they want, or are controlled by someone.
What’s the problem? You get the report to know what not to do.
they can take money from foreign governments alllll they want
but for it to be a law that we support them is anti american
tax money onlyyy for
military
courts
treasury
the 27th amendment PROVES that you can change how congress is paid by the taxpayers
if harvard gets their wish and there are no more je ws or asians at their school
I predict the next issue will be how to “boost” the academic scores/failings of the school
then they’ll move like they did against the SAT
OUR STUDENTS SCORES ARE PROTECTED BY LAW AND YOU DONT NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
and/or
we dont keep score
and/or
everyone gets a diploma