THE HARVARD CRIMSON: Congress Opens Investigation Into Harvard Over Antisemitism on Campus
December 7th, 2023 By Miles J. Herszenhorn and Claire Yuan The House Committee on Education and the Workforce launched a congressional investigation into Harvard over allegations of antisemitism on campus, the Committee announced on Thursday. The investigation into Harvard comes two days after Harvard President Claudine Gay testified before Congress during a tense hearing […]
FOX NEWS: House reps announce investigation into Harvard, MIT, UPenn after ‘morally bankrupt’ testimony on antisemitism
December 7th, 2023 By Hannah Grossman and Danielle Wallace EXCLUSIVE: The House Committee on Education & the Workforce announced an investigation into Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT over “rampant antisemitism” following the testimony from the presidents of all three institutions, which was considered shocking by some critics. Much of the blowback centered […]
NATIONAL REVIEW: House Education Committee to Investigate Harvard, MIT, UPenn over Campus Antisemitism
December 7th, 2023 By Caroline Downey The House Education and the Workforce Committee announced Thursday it will investigate Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania over allegations that the prestigious colleges have failed to address rampant antisemitism on their campuses. The announcement comes after Representative Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) […]
BLOOMBERG: Harvard, Penn Heads Walk Back Genocide Answers After Backlash
December 7th, 2023 By Janet Lorin The presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania were forced to issue statements clarifying their responses to a US congressional hearing on antisemitism after a barrage of criticism from business leaders and politicians that shows few signs of abating. Harvard’s Claudine Gay and Penn’s Liz Magill […]
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Questioning University Presidents on Antisemitism, Stefanik Goes Viral
December 7th, 2023 By Annie Karni Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, arrived at a congressional hearing about antisemitism on college campuses ready for battle. With the presidents of three prestigious universities to be seated in front of her at the witness table, Ms. Stefanik, the No. 4 Republican, saw an opportunity to […]
MUST READ – DAILY MAIL: The world is watching – fire these hateful presidents NOW: Congresswoman ELISE STEFANIK shamed three top college bosses in the infamous Jewish genocide row… Here she writes for DailyMail.com to make her unswerving demand
December 7th, 2023 By Rep. Elise Stefanik Ask yourself one simple question: should calling for the genocide of Jews be considered harassment and bullying? Anyone with a sliver of decency knows the answer is emphatically ‘Yes’. Yet when the university presidents of Harvard, MIT and Upenn testified this week under oath to Congress as I questioned them over […]
MUST READ – WALL STREET JOURNAL: Harvard Bans ‘Cisheterosexism’ but Shrugs at Antisemitism
December 7th, 2023 By Elise Stefanik What constitutes bullying and harassment at Harvard? A mandatory Title IX training last year warned all undergraduate students that “cisheterosexism,” “fatphobia” and “using the wrong pronouns” qualified as “abuse” and perpetuated “violence” on campus. But when I asked Harvard President Claudine Gay at a congressional hearing whether calls […]
AXIOS: MIT, Harvard and Penn antisemitism testimony spurs GOP probe
December 7th, 2023 By Andrew Solender A Republican-led House committee is launching an investigation into antisemitism at MIT, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and other elite colleges. Why it matters: The probe is in response to congressional testimony from those colleges’ presidents this week in which they they evaded questions about disciplinary action over calls for violence against Jews. […]
THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN: Congress launches investigation into Penn, warns of subpoenas following House antisemitism hearing
December 7th, 2023 By Jonah Miller The United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce announced an investigation into Penn with the “full force of subpoena power” following a Tuesday hearing on antisemitism on college campuses that received national attention. In a statement provided to The Daily Pennsylvanian, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) wrote […]
USA TODAY: Harvard, Penn and MIT presidents ignite furor with ‘unacceptable’ response to antisemitism
December 6th, 2023 By Michael Collins WASHINGTON – The presidents of three elite American universities faced a fierce backlash Wednesday that stretched from their campuses to the White House over their refusal to say whether calling for the genocide of Jews violates their policies against bullying and harassment. Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman […]
