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House Education and Labor Committee holds hearing on antisemitism at colleges
Summary
A House Education and Labor Committee hearing focused on allegations of antisemitism at several U.S. colleges, competing views on free speech versus Title VI enforcement, and concerns about the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights capacity to investigate claims.
The House Education and Labor Committee convened a hearing on campus antisemitism featuring presidents of Haverford College, DePaul University and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, along with Georgetown law professor David Cole.
Committee members opened the session with statements describing incidents at Haverford, DePaul and Cal Poly and asking the witnesses about disciplinary responses, campus safety, and how their institutions balance free expression with civil-rights obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Witnesses included Wendy Raymond, president of Haverford College; Robert Manuel, president of DePaul University; David Cole, the George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law Center; and Jeffrey Armstrong, president of…
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