The federal government found the University of Michigan and City University of New York failed to adequately protect Jewish and Muslim students in the days since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
two universities failed to adequately protect both Jewish and Muslim students in the heated days since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the war in Gaza that followed.
to conduct training, among other fixes, to resolve federal probes into student complaints amid the Middle East conflict. Jewish and Palestinian students have described harassment and other incidents of discrimination, with reports of hostile language, disrupted classes, vandalism and more. CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez said the university was grateful to the Office for Civil Rights for collaborating on a holistic plan to ensure that all students are safe on its campuses. “CUNY is committed to providing an environment that is free from discrimination and hate, and these new steps will ensure that there is consistency and transparency in how complaints are investigated and resolved,” he said.
That same month, the office said, a Jewish student reported being targeted and harassed on social media. The student reported that he had viewed a graduate student instructor’s Instagram story that included discussion of pro-Palestinian topics. After that, the instructor took a screenshot showing the student had viewed the story and then posted his own story, tagging the student and showing he had an Israeli flag in his bio. The instructor wrote, “Did you like my educational talk.
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