Harvard Referred 68 Encampment Participants for Discipline. Now, With Classes in Full Swing, None Are Suspended.

Twelve days into the anti-Israel encampment at Harvard University, then-interim president Alan Garber said participants posed "a significant risk to the educational environment." After ending the encampment, his administration brought disciplinary cases against 68 students. Now, with fall classes in full swing, none of those students are suspended and most are in good standing, according to a House Committee on Education and the Workforce report.

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'We Are Disgusted': Foxx and Stefanik Slam Harvard for Stonewalling DA Probe Into Anti-Israel 'Die-In,' Request Internal Docs

Harvard University is facing pressure from Reps. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) and Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) to turn over internal documents on the school's investigation—or lack thereof—into the October "die-in" protest that led to assault charges against two students who accosted an Israeli classmate.

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House Panel Subpoenas Gov. Walz in Investigation of 'Massive' Pandemic Fraud Scheme in Minnesota

 The House Education and Workforce Committee subpoenaed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and members of his administration on Wednesday for their response to a “massive” pandemic fraud scheme in Minnesota currently under investigation, NBC reported Wednesday.

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Congress Should Make Universities Pay For Handing Out Useless Degrees

America’s youth are being pushed into a one-size-fits-all college track that saddles many with debt — without preparing them for careers.

House Committee Drops Subpoena on Columbia as Part of Anti-Semitism Probe

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce issued a subpoena to Columbia University on Wednesday after the school failed to turn over documents regarding the administration’s response to anti-Semitism.

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Biden-Harris Admin Stonewalls Congressional Probe Into US Nonprofits Bankrolling Pro-Hamas Protests

The Biden-Harris administration is stonewalling a congressional probe into 20 anti-Israel nonprofit groups with suspected links to money laundering and terrorism financing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Lawmakers are teasing a subpoena as a result.

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Columbia University fails to discipline students who took over campus with pro-Hamas protests, encampment: Report



A recent House report revealed that Columbia University has failed to discipline the vast majority of students who participated in the disruptive pro-Hamas protests that took over the school's campus.

The Committee on Education & the Workforce issued a press release Monday that claimed Columbia University has not expelled any of the students responsible for the volatile demonstrations and encampment takeover in April.

'Columbia has waved the white flag in surrender while offering up a get-out-of-jail-free card to those who participated in these unlawful actions.'

According to information provided by Columbia University to the committee, 40 students were arrested by New York Police Department officers on April 18 for allegedly participating in the unauthorized encampment. The police ultimately dropped the charges. The university allowed 18 of the students to remain in "good standing" in exchange for signing an "alternative resolution." As of early August, 38 were in good standing, with some waiting for a hearing and others on conditional disciplinary probation.

On April 29, 35 students were initially placed on interim suspension after they were accused of refusing to leave the makeshift encampment despite multiple warnings from the university, the panel analysis found. However, those suspensions were lifted for 29 students, and charges were dismissed, citing "not enough information to substantiate participation." Thirty-one of the students who were accused of participating are in good standing with the university.

Only four of the 22 students who were arrested on April 30 after locking themselves inside Hamilton Hall are "not in good standing" with the university, the report read. Three of those students are facing interim suspension, and one is "currently on disciplinary probation from a prior hearing."

On May 1, the NYPD arrested 27 students at various locations around campus, but all of the cases were later dismissed, citing "insufficient evidence," according to the committee's report. Those cases did not impact the students' standing with the school.

Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) stated, "The failure of Columbia's invertebrate administration to hold accountable students who violate university rules and break the law is disgraceful and unacceptable."

"More than three months after the criminal takeover of Hamilton Hall, the vast majority of the student perpetrators remain in good standing," she continued. "By allowing its own disciplinary process to be thwarted by radical students and faculty, Columbia has waved the white flag in surrender while offering up a get-out-of-jail-free card to those who participated in these unlawful actions."

"Breaking into campus buildings or creating antisemitic hostile environments like the encampment should never be given a single degree of latitude — the university's willingness to do just that is reprehensible," Foxx added.

A Columbia University spokesperson told the New York Post that the school "is committed to combating antisemitism and all forms of discrimination and taking sustained, concrete action toward a campus where everyone in our community feels valued and is able to thrive."

"Following the disruptions of the last academic year, Columbia immediately began disciplinary processes, including with immediate suspensions. The disciplinary process is ongoing for many students involved in these disruptions, including some of those who were arrested, and we have been working to expedite the process for this large volume of violations," the spokesperson said.

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At Columbia, Students Who Stormed University Building Poised To Return to Campus Next Week

When student protesters took over a building at Columbia University in April, the school said they would "face expulsion." Now, with one week to go until the start of the fall semester, Columbia will allow most of those students to return to classes in good standing.

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Three Columbia Deans Placed on Leave Pending Investigation

Three of the Columbia University deans caught exchanging dismissive text messages during a May 31 panel on anti-Semitism have been placed on leave as the university investigates the incident, a spokesman for the school said Thursday.

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