DePaul College President Robert Manuel has been referred to as to testify earlier than Congress about antisemitism on faculty campuses.
Manuel will be a part of the presidents of Haverford Faculty and California Polytechnic State College in San Luis Obispo on the listening to earlier than the U.S. Home Committee on Schooling & the Workforce in Washington on Could 7.
The Republican-led committee has titled the listening to: “Past the Ivy League: Stopping the Unfold of Antisemitism on American Campuses.”
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan, the committee chairperson, despatched a letter to Manuel and the varsity’s board of trustees writing that DePaul could also be violating federal civil rights legal guidelines if it isn’t addressing antisemitism.
In a press release, the college stated Manuel “appears to be like ahead to having the dialog with our lawmakers and describing all that DePaul has achieved to confront antisemitism on campus.”
DePaul outlines its efforts in opposition to antisemitism on its web site. “DePaul condemns all types of hatred, together with antisemitism,” the positioning states. “We’re dedicated to making sure DePaul is a protected and welcoming house for each member of our neighborhood.”
The letter comes days after a person appeared in courtroom in Chicago on hate crime costs after allegedly attacking two Jewish college students at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus.
Adam Erkan, 20, is charged with two felony counts of a hate crime and aggravated battery inflicting nice bodily hurt within the Nov. 6 assault in opposition to Max Lengthy and Michael Kaminsky. Lengthy and Kaminsky filed a lawsuit in opposition to the college after the incident, alleging the varsity failed to guard them.
Lengthy suffered a concussion, and Kaminsky fractured his wrist throughout the assault exterior the DePaul pupil middle within the 2200 block of North Sheffield Avenue, the criticism states. A DePaul Public Security officer was additionally current however did not intervene, the lawsuit alleges.
The assault occurred a number of months after pro-Palestinian college students erected an encampment on DePaul’s campus, following a nationwide development that noticed college students name for an finish to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza within the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assaults in Israel.
A protesters holds an indication that reads “Free Palestine” as law enforcement officials kind a barricade with their bikes throughout the road from DePaul College in Lincoln Park, hours after Chicago police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus on Could 16, 2024.
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Trump administration officers have singled out universities that it believes aren’t doing sufficient in opposition to antisemitism or aren’t aligned with the administration’s objectives to remove range, fairness and inclusion.
The administration has tried to stress universities — equivalent to Harvard and Northwestern — into compliance by threatening to withhold federal funding until insurance policies and tutorial applications are modified.
Federal officers are withholding $790 million in funding for Northwestern regardless of the varsity rolling out antisemitism measures and taking steps to adjust to Trump’s govt orders in opposition to range, fairness and inclusion.
Final week, college students and college at Northwestern College protested in opposition to the administration’s marketing campaign in opposition to increased schooling as a part of a nationwide day of motion. Harvard has filed a lawsuit in search of to halt its funding freeze.
