Columbia Profs Struggle With Reading Comprehension, Suggest Jewish Board Member 'Leaked' Subpoenaed Texts

An anonymous group of Columbia University faculty members released a statement suggesting a Jewish member of the school’s board of trustees "leaked" acting president Claire Shipman’s private text messages to the Washington Free Beacon. In reality, Columbia itself provided the messages to a House committee, which released them in a letter, as a Free Beacon report on the texts noted.

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Claire Shipman’s Political Faceplant

Our colleague Aaron Sibarium reported Tuesday on a letter from Reps. Tim Walberg (R., Mich.) and Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.), chairmen of the House Education and Workforce Committee and House Republican Leadership respectively, to Columbia University president Claire Shipman.

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Trump Admin Launches Anti-Semitism Probe Into George Mason University

The Trump administration is investigating George Mason University over allegations that Jewish students and faculty have faced a hostile environment on campus, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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Columbia President Claire Shipman Issues Internal Apology Over Messages School Said Lacked 'Context'

Columbia University acting president Claire Shipman privately apologized to a small group of colleagues and donors over leaked text messages, first reported in the Washington Free Beacon, in which she argued that the school needed to get an "Arab on our board" and suggested that a Jewish trustee, Shoshana Shendelman, should be removed over her pro-Israel advocacy.

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Columbia President Claire Shipman Privately Said School Needed To Add an 'Arab' Board Member—and Remove a Jewish One

Before she became the acting president of Columbia University, Claire Shipman argued that the school needed to get an “Arab on our board” and suggested that a Jewish trustee should be removed over her pro-Israel advocacy, according to text messages obtained by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Ford Foundation Taps Scandal-Plagued Yale Law School Dean as Next President

The left-wing Ford Foundation has a new president: Heather Gerken, the scandal-plagued dean of Yale Law School whose tenure attracted national attention when administrators threatened the professional prospects of a second-year student for his use of the term "trap house" in an email.

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Jewish Teen Hid in Locked Classroom as Anti-Semitic Mob Pounded on Door: Lawsuit

A Seattle teen feared for her life in a locked classroom as a mob of students pounded on the door, "threatening to physically assault her based on her Jewish identity," according to a recently filed lawsuit.

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Columbia Bestows ‘Highest Academic Distinction’ Upon BDS-Supporting Professor

Columbia University has appointed Farah Jasmine Griffin, a longtime supporter of the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, to the position of "University Professor," the Ivy League school's "highest academic distinction" reserved for "exceptional scholars."

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Harvard Violated Jewish Students’ Civil Rights, Trump Admin Finds While Threatening Remaining Federal Funding

Harvard University’s treatment of Jewish and Israeli students violated civil rights law, putting its federal funding at risk, the Trump administration told the Ivy League school on Monday.

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Duke Law Journal Sent a Secret Memo to Minority Applicants Telling Them They’d Get Extra Points for Writing About Their Race

At the end of finals period each May, the Duke Law Journal hosts a two-week-long competition to select its next crop of editors. Applicants write a 12-page memo, or casenote, analyzing an appellate court decision, as well as a 500-word essay about what they would “contribute” to the journal.

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