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 investigationHarvard 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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