Posts Tagged: Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Civil Rights Nonprofit Slams Pro-Hamas Briefs Defending Harvard Lawsuit Against Trump
A new amicus brief filed in the lawsuit that Harvard University brought in April to stop the Trump administration's confiscation of some $3 billion of...
University of Virginia President Resigns Amid DEI Controversy With Trump Administration
The University of Virginia (UVA) is without a president following the reported resignation of James Ryan, a move which the US Justice Department stipulated as...
Antisemitism in K-12 Private Schools a Major Challenge Across the US, New ADL Report Finds
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has launched a new initiative to reduce antisemitism in K-12 schools, a growing problem that has, since the Hamas-led Oct. 7,...
Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Massive Cuts Amid Campus Antisemitism Crisis
Harvard University filed suit against the Trump administration on Monday to request an injunction that would halt the government's impounding of $2.26 billion of its...
Trump Admin Pauses $1.8 Billion in Federal Funds to More Elite Universities
The Trump administration has paused nearly $1.8 billion in combined federal funding to Cornell University and Northwestern University, White House officials told multiple news outlets. Cornell...
California Public School District Enables Antisemitic Bullying, New Civil Rights Complaint Says
The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) in California allows Jewish students to be subjected to unconscionable levels of antisemitic bullying in and outside of...
Trump Admin’s Crackdown on Universities Over Campus Antisemitism Supported by Most Americans, Poll Shows
Most American adults, including college students, support the Trump administration's cancellation of federal funding to universities which fail to address the campus antisemitism crisis, a...
Trump Administration Planning $510 Million Cut to Brown University Budget, Report Says
The Trump administration reportedly plans to terminate $510 million worth of federal contracts and grants awarded to Brown University, according to media reports. Brown University's failure...
Northwestern University Touts Progress on Addressing Campus Antisemitism Amid Federal Scrutiny
Northwestern University on Monday touted its progress in addressing the campus antisemitism crisis, issuing a statement containing a checklist of policies it has enacted since...
Trump Administration Announces New Antisemitism Investigations Into 55 Universities
The US Department of Education has added dozens of colleges and universities to the list of institutions it will investigate for civil rights violations stemming...
Barnard College Expels Students Who Stormed Israeli History Class, Sources Say
Barnard College has expelled two students who disrupted an active class at Columbia University last month to distribute antisemitic literature and spew pro-Hamas propaganda, The...
US Congress Demands Document Dump From Columbia University as Antisemitism Investigations Continue
Columbia University must hand over disciplinary records to the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce to prove that it is keeping multiple pledges...
Trump Administration Announces Investigations of Five Colleges for Antisemitism
The United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has launched what stands to be a series of exhaustive federal investigations of antisemitism...
‘This Failure Ends Today’: Trump Issues Major Executive Order on Campus Antisemitism
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a highly anticipated executive order aimed at combating campus antisemitism and holding pro-terror extremists accountable for the harassment...
