The heads of the Education and the Workforce Committee, and the Ways and Means Committee have called on administrators at 10 top colleges to provide detailed plans to prevent bigotry and intimidation against Jewish students seen since Oct. 7.
“The university has had the entire summer to plan for the upcoming school year,” wrote Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), respective chairs of each committee, on Thursday. “As such, we expect that your institution will be ready, willing and able to prevent such antisemitic conduct and disruptions.”
The representatives sent the letter to Barnard College, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University.
The University of California’s campuses in Los Angeles and Berkeley also received letters.
The correspondence concludes with requests for any revised policies or plans to prepare for protests. The lawmakers also ask for updates of any revisions in disciplinary procedures.
Foxx and Smith wrote that “the problem of antisemitic harassment, disruption and violence has not been resolved. Based on the evidence available, these disruptions are likely to return to campuses this fall and you must be prepared to act.”