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Haverford president says college is revising policies after reports of antisemitism; declines to provide aggregate discipline counts

3216855 · May 7, 2025
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Haverford College President Wendy Raymond acknowledged antisemitic incidents and policy changes but repeatedly declined to provide aggregated suspension or expulsion counts during questioning at a House committee hearing.

Haverford College President Wendy Raymond told a House Education and Labor Committee hearing that the college condemns antisemitism "in the strongest possible terms," described steps the college has taken since October 2023 and apologized to Jewish students who said they felt marginalized.

Raymond said Haverford, a small liberal-arts college outside Philadelphia with about 1,500 undergraduates, has updated policies, strengthened campus safety, launched programs to combat antisemitism and formed an ad hoc committee on free expression. "I…

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