Posts Tagged: Office for Civil Rights
North Carolina School Settles Antisemitism Complaint Alleging Abuse of Eighth-Grader
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has prevailed in its latest civil rights case brought forth on behalf of a North...
Ivy League Failing Jewish Students, New ADL ‘Report Card’ Says
Ivy League universities in the US have performed abysmally in addressing antisemitism on their campuses this academic year, according to the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) first...
‘Mixed Bag’: New US Education Department Guidance Both Helps, Harms Jewish Community, Ex-Top Official Says
A new "Dear Colleague" letter issued by the US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) includes a "mixed bag" of measures that will...
US Government Investigating SUNY New Paltz for Antisemitic Discrimination
The US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz to determine whether it refused...
University of Vermont Denies It Mishandled Alleged Antisemitic Incidents
The president of University of Vermont (UVM) is denying allegations that school officials mishandled a series of reported antisemitic incidents that occurred in 2021. Responding publicly...
Civil Rights Complaint Accuses Georgia Tech of Failing to ‘Confront Antisemitism, Protect Rights of Jewish Students and Faculty’
A civil rights complaint has been filed with the US Department of Education against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), alleging that the school...
Columbia University Faces Second Recent Complaint Alleging Antisemitic Discrimination
An alumna of Columbia University in New York submitted a complaint to the US Education Department on Tuesday alleging a hostile environment for Jewish students --...
Education Dept. to Probe Whether Rutgers University Tolerates Hostile Environment for Jewish Students
The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is reopening a 2011 case that accused Rutgers University in New Jersey of tolerating a hostile environment...
