As a mother of 10, three of whom will be in college this fall, and a committed civil rights advocate, I’ve long defended the rights of all people to live, study and worship free from fear and discrimination. That commitment doesn’t end where campus protests begin.
In the wake of the Hamas massacre in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, antisemitic harassment surged at many elite universities − not just in the form of protest slogans but also in physical exclusion, intimidation and administrative indifference. As Jewish students found themselves targeted because of their identity, too many institutions failed to act.
Now, the legal system is stepping in. Several top-ranked universities − including Harvard, UCLA and my own undergraduate alma mater, Northwestern − have been forced to reckon with their failures through high-profile settlements and federally mandated reforms.
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