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 · Apr 17, 2024
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 · Apr 17, 2024
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 The Guardian - US · Feb 16, 2024
Ackman Harvard attack backfires on wife "It certainly appears that the focus was never really about antisemitism and protecting students," scholar says Salon · Jan 13, 2024
Hell Hath No Fury Plus: Nuking the Hamptons, upcharging the autists, tearing down the statues, and more... Reason · Jan 8, 2024
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 · Jan 7, 2024
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. The Times of India · Jan 6, 2024
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 · Jan 5, 2024
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 · Jan 3, 2024
‘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 · Jan 3, 2024
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 · Jan 3, 2024
Harvard's Affirmative Action Hire Gets the Boot Plus: Trump sues over ballot access, the CCP tells people to have sex, and more... Reason · Jan 3, 2024
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 · Dec 30, 2023
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 The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023
The Conversation · Dec 20, 2023 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 · Dec 15, 2023 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 · Dec 14, 2023 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 · Dec 14, 2023 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
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023 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 · Dec 14, 2023 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 · Dec 13, 2023 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 · Dec 13, 2023 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 · Dec 13, 2023 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 · Dec 12, 2023 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 · Dec 12, 2023 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