Maybe That's the Problem: After Columbia Adopts IHRA Anti-Semitism Definition, NYT Writer Says 'Close to None' of School's Anti-Semitism Lecturers Support It

Anti-Israel journalist Peter Beinart, a New York Times contributor, took aim at Columbia University's decision to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-Semitism, arguing that "close to none" of the school's faculty members "who teach classes on antisemitism" support it.

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UChicago Prof, the Brother of a Convicted Iranian Spy, Says the 'Only Hope for Peace Is the Power and Durability of Iranian Missiles'

A University of Chicago professor whose brother was convicted of helping the Iranian regime spy on dissidents in the United States is cheering on Iran's missile attacks against Israel.

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Ivy League Researchers Scaremonger About GOP Health Policy But Say Nothing About Similar Democrat Plans

When the GOP scales back entitlements, the professoriate says legions of people will die. But when Democrats do the same thing, they're silent.

Fungus Not Among Us: CCP-Linked Scholar Arrested for Scheme To Smuggle Crop-Destroying Pathogen Into US, Prosecutors Say

Authorities arrested a University of Michigan scholar and Chinese Communist Party member for allegedly smuggling a biological pathogen into the United States that could be used as a terrorism weapon to devastate U.S. food crops, according to a federal filing unsealed Tuesday.

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George Washington University Slapped With Lawsuit Alleging 'Pervasive and Severe Antisemitic Harassment' on Campus

George Washington University (GW) was sued in federal court by Jewish students on Thursday, alleging it allowed "pervasive and severe antisemitic harassment" on campus for years without any action from the school’s leaders. Students Sabrina Soffer, Ari Shapiro, and a group of anonymous plaintiffs accused GW of failing to address a surge in hostility towards Jewish students, particularly following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claims the university violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by allowing a "hostile educational environment" to flourish unchecked.

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The AI Epidemic On College Campuses Exposes How Broken Our Higher Education System Is

Our education system is ripe for root-and-stem reform.

Columbia’s Armstrong to Return From Sabbatical as CEO of Medical Center

Former Columbia University president Katrina Armstrong will return to her role as CEO of Columbia’s medical center in June, according to people familiar with the matter, just a month after going on sabbatical "to spend time with her family" in the wake of a disastrous deposition in which she said she could not recall in detail a single anti-Semitic incident on campus.

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Berklee College of Music Fires Professor Who Called Jews 'Vile Predators'

Berklee College of Music has fired a top professor following a Washington Free Beacon probe into his anti-Semitic comments. Nicholas Payton, who has called Jews "vile predators" and falsely blamed them for slavery, revealed in an Instagram post Saturday that he was out as chair of the school's brass department.

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Berklee College of Music Professor Attacked Jews as 'Vile Predators' and Blamed Them for Slavery

A top official at the Berklee College of Music has a years-long history of posting anti-Semitic and historically inaccurate claims about Jews, accusing them of oppressing black people and blaming Jewish people for slavery, a Washington Free Beacon review found.

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A Top Berkeley Official Said Trump Threatened Academic Freedom. She Forced Professors To Set Racial Quotas for Course Readings and Guest Lecturers.

On April 1, the chair of the University of California, Berkeley’s academic senate, Amani Nuru-Jeter, issued a dire warning about academic freedom." Recent actions by the federal government," she told colleagues in an email, "are chilling open inquiry and undermining self-governance at American universities." She was referring to the Trump administration’s decision to pause $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University until the school agreed, as a precondition for negotiations, to overhaul its Middle Eastern studies department, where professors have equated Israel with Nazi Germany, derided the "Zionist cabal," and glorified the Oct. 7 attacks.

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