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“Stunning Failures of Leadership” Revealed in House Committee Report on Campus Antisemitism

Posted by Jane Coleman on November 05, 2024 17 Comments

University leaders viewed campus antisemitism as a "public-relations" issue and derided congressional oversight as "capital [sic] hill nonsense."...

House Committee Demands U Penn Antisemitism Records, Decries Hypocritical Mistreatment Of Prof. Amy Wax

Posted by Jane Coleman on January 25, 2024 20 Comments

Compares U. Penn mistreatment of Prof. Amy Wax with what congressional letter calls "clear double standard by tolerating antisemitic vandalism, harassment, and intimidation, but suppressing and penalizing other expression it deemed problematic."...

Rearranging Chairs On The Sinking Academic Ship – Claudine Gay Is Gone, But The DEI Problems Remain

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2024 23 Comments

Ivy League schools need to jettison not just their Presidents, but the DEI industrial complex that has captured the schools, leading to increased antisemitism, decreased or eliminated academic standards, and conflict....

America’s Ivy Problem: “they’re just not being truthful about how they regulate speech on campuses”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2023 24 Comments

"Is this what's leading our most elite universities? That's really sad...

U. Penn President Liz Magill Resigns (Update: Chair of Bd of Trustees Scott Bok Also Resigns)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2023 78 Comments

Announcement from Chair of Board of Trustees: "I write to share that President Liz Magill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as President of the University of Pennsylvania. She will remain a tenured faculty member at Penn Carey Law."...

U. Penn President: On Second Thought, Campus Calls for Genocide Against Jews Would Be “Harassment or Intimidation”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 06, 2023 38 Comments

Backtracks on refusal to answer yesterday: "I want to be clear, a call for genocide of Jewish people is threatening ...

Congressional Campus Antisemitism Hearing: “The three presidents were, frankly, fairly pathetic”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2023 63 Comments

My take on the hearings: "These presidents seem completely either oblivious or not being honest with what's going on on campuses for them to say that they welcome diverse viewpoints on campus."...

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