Education
Most students at the top 25 universities in the U.S. say antisemitism is a problem on their campus, according to a U.S. News & World Report survey. The survey found 67 percent of students in the top schools ranked by the organization believe antisemitism is a problem at their institution, while only 33 percent say…
Dozens of students walked out of the Duke University commencement ceremony ahead of Jerry Seinfeld’s scheduled speech Sunday, apparently in protest of the Jewish comedian’s support for Israel, according to news reports and videos circulated on social media. As Seinfeld received his honorary degree, before beginning his commencement speech, the graduating students rose from their…
Protests in support of Palestine have continued at several universities this weekend, as students seek to make a statement during their graduation ceremonies. Students at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill protested outside campus buildings, splashing red paint on the steps of one building, according to the News and Observer. “Today is UNC’s graduation commencement and students have established an…
Republican lawmakers criticized the leaders of prominent K-12 school systems in the U.S. for not taking sufficient action when antisemitic incidents occur in their districts during a hearing on Wednesday. The lawmakers found the topic of the hearing particularly troubling and questioned how antisemitism has become such a dominant influence in our…
Mental health and stress are among the top reasons college students consider dropping out of school, according to a recent Gallup poll. Among students who said they considered leaving their program within the last six months, 54 percent cited emotional stress and 43 percent cited mental health as the reasons why, according to the Gallup…
Police started to break up a pro-Palestinian camp at George Washington University’s campus early Wednesday morning, which caused the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to announce the cancellation of a scheduled hearing on the Washington, D.C.’s government response to the protests. According to the student newspaper, The GW Hatchet, hundreds of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers came to…
Columbia Law School Dean Gillian Lester backed the school’s graduates Tuesday after a group of conservative judges said they wouldn’t hire them following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests on the campus. Lester said in a statement that Columbia Law graduates are “consistently sought out by leading employers in the private and public sectors, including the judiciary,”…
Few college students list the conflict in the Middle East as one of the top three issues most important to them, in a new survey released Tuesday. The Generation Lab survey, conducted from May 3-6, asked college students to select up to three issues that are most important to them, from a list of nine.…
A group of right-leaning federal judges sent a letter to the president and law dean of Columbia University stating that they won’t hire graduates of their school after the recent unrest on campus during the end of the academic year.
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