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Columbia University leaders face scrutiny over anti-Semitism on campus

Columbia President Nemat Shafik sought to avoid the outrage that erupted after a previous congressional hearing.

Al Jazeera

Columbia president faces anti-Semitism Congress hearing: What’s at stake?

Previous hearings led to the resignation of Harvard and UPenn bosses. Now Columbia’s Minouche Shafik is in line of fire.

Al Jazeera

House Republicans subpoena Harvard brass in campus antisemitism inquiry

Request comes six weeks after lawmakers grilled school president Claudine Gay, who lost her job in aftermath of contentious hearing

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Ackman Harvard attack backfires on wife

"It certainly appears that the focus was never really about antisemitism and protecting students," scholar says

Salon

Hell Hath No Fury

Plus: Nuking the Hamptons, upcharging the autists, tearing down the statues, and more...

Reason

Bill Ackman suggests AI-powered plagiarism checks will cause ‘incredible embarrassment’ in academia

"Every faculty member knows that once their work is targeted by AI, they will be outed," wrote the billionaire investor.

Fortune

Massachusetts Institute of Technology forced into spotlight After Harvard, Penn presidents ousted

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has long stood apart from America’s elite universities.

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Why does Claudine Gay still work at Harvard after being forced to resign as its president? She's got tenure

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned on Jan. 2, 2024, less than one month after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill stepped down. They called it quits amid uproar among conservative lawmakers and several major donors regarding what they saw as Gay’s and Magill’s underwhelming responses to antisemitism on their…

The Conversation

Harvard seeks to move past firestorm brought on by school President Claudine Gay's resignation

Harvard University is trying to move past the firestorm brought on by the plagiarism allegations, congressional testimony and resignation of Claudine Gay, the school’s first Black president

The Independent UK

‘Racist, vicious’: academics decry rightwing attacks on Claudine Gay

As the right celebrates the resignation of the Harvard president as ‘victory’, concerns rise over equality initiatives in universities

The Guardian - US

Harvard prez resigns, citing attacks

“This is an attack on every Black woman in this country who’s put a crack in the glass ceiling," says Al Sharpton

Salon

Harvard's Affirmative Action Hire Gets the Boot

Plus: Trump sues over ballot access, the CCP tells people to have sex, and more...

Reason

October 7: A Turning Point for Free Speech?

Restricting speech about the world's most pressing problems does not make them go away, nor does it settle any disputes.

Reason

Embattled Harvard president makes admission about past work after plagiarism probe launched

Ms Gay submitted updates to her 1997 PhD thesis after a US House committee expanded a probe to investiate claims of plagiarism

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What do universities owe their big donors? Less than you might think, explain 2 nonprofit law experts

Exchanging gifts with family and friends can become fraught with contradictory emotions. Instead of gratitude, the recipients of expensive gifts may wind up feeling indebted to the givers. And the givers can have regrets too.

The Independent UK

GOP lawmakers block $33.5m to Penn University veterinary school in antisemitism row

Republicans withhold funding accounting 18 per cent Penn‘s veterinary school budget

The Independent UK

GOP lawmakers sink aid to Penn as statehouses watch how universities are handling Israel-Hamas war

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are rejecting legislation to send more than $35 million to the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school over criticism that the Ivy League school has tolerated antisemitism

The Independent UK

Bill Ackman condemns doxxing of Harvard president’s home after antisemitism hearing saga

Non-profit news watchdog Accuracy in Media deployed four billboard-bearing trucks outside Claudine Gay’s home on Tuesday and Wednesday

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The Independent UK

House passes resolution condemning college presidents’ comments in antisemitism hearing

Lawmakers approved the resolution in a 303-126 vote, with 125 Democrats and one Republican voting against the measure

Salon

Students left silenced by speech debates

It may seem nonsensical to say that calls for genocide are protected speech but colleges are in a tough spot

The Independent UK

Billionaire denies ‘resentment’ toward Harvard after failing to oust president

Comment comes after the Harvard board announced that university president Claudine Gay would keep her job

Roll Call

House OKs measure seeking university presidents’ ouster - Roll Call

Nuanced answers by elite university presidents at a House hearing on antisemitism led to a resolution calling for their ouster.

The Independent UK

UPenn reveals interim president after Liz Magill’s ouster over antisemitism row

Liz Magill resigned over the weekend following her controversial testimony before Congress about antisemitism on college campuses

Reason

Washington Post Op-Ed Argues That Colleges Should 'Restrict' Speech To Fight Antisemitism

In her article, University of Pennsylvania professor Claire O. Finkelstein absurdly argued that colleges treat free speech as "near-sacred."

The Guardian - US

Giuliani defamation trial: election worker testifies ex-Trump lawyer’s 2020 lies ruined her life – as it happened

Shaye Moss shares haunting testimony detailing how her life has been ruined ever since Rudy Giuliani spread lies about her after the 2020 election

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