The Trump administration said Columbia University violated a civil rights law because it acted with “deliberate indifference towards student-on-student harassment of Jewish students from October 7, 2023, through the present.”
The Health and Human Services Department announced the violation on Thursday night and said “Columbia continually failed to protect Jewish students” because it didn’t establish effective reporting mechanisms for antisemitism until the summer of 2024, among several other reasons.
“The findings carefully document the hostile environment Jewish students at Columbia University have had to endure for over 19 months, disrupting their education, safety, and well-being,” said Anthony Archeval, acting director of the Office for Civil Rights at HHS. “We encourage Columbia University to work with us to come to an agreement that reflects meaningful changes that will truly protect Jewish…
