The Odisha government has directed all universities and colleges in the state to establish internal panels to address sexual harassment complaints, aiming to ensure safety for female students and employees. This directive follows a recent alleged harassment case at Utkal University.
India’s prestigious National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) will release its 2024 rankings on August 12th, covering 13 categories. The event, hosted at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, will see Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan unveil the rankings, which will be available on the official NIRF website.
Former President Donald Trump has accused President Joe Biden of being responsible for the recent anti-Israel protests at several US universities, including Yale, Columbia, and New York University. Trump made the remarks outside a Manhattan court where he is facing a trial for hush money payments. Trump asserted that Biden’s statements and lack of support for Israel have contributed to the protests and condemned the antisemitic nature of some demonstrations. The White House and Biden have previously condemned the protests.
President Biden has an antisemitism problem that is large and growing larger. It is his problem and he can’t shed responsibility for it. The people who work for him are not doing their jobs to stop discrimination against Jews in America.This problem has been evident for six months, reaching a climax at Columbia and Yale Universities. Police have taken some action against violent protesters, but the Biden Departments of Education and Justice have been MIA.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights website acknowledges that discrimination based on race, color, or national origin is prohibited in federally funded programs. However, despite the numerous reports of antisemitic harassment at Columbia, Yale, Harvard, and other universities, the DOE-OCR has not taken any meaningful action.
The organization Campus Reform has filed numerous complaints about anti-Semitism on American campuses, but the Biden administration seems to be ignoring them. The Department of Justice has also failed to file any civil rights actions against colleges or universities for antisemitic acts.
In sharp contrast, the State Department is prepared to sanction units in the Israeli Defense Forces for alleged war crimes. This shows that the Biden administration is more concerned with finding fault with Israel than with protecting the civil rights of Jews in the United States.
It is up to voters to punish this disgusting abdication of enforcement of the country’s civil rights laws. Let’s hope no student has to be killed before the DOE and DOJ act.
The United States’ top universities are facing a crisis as extremist groups infiltrate and spread hate. Faculty, students, and non-student extremists are promoting anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-Jewish views, creating an unsafe and hostile environment for Jewish students. Notable incidents include Hamas-supporting demonstrations, the defacement of university property, and physical attacks on Jewish students. Despite these incidents, university administrations have often failed to respond adequately, allowing the extremists to continue their activities unchecked. The author calls for urgent action from universities and government to protect these critical institutions and ensure the safety and well-being of all students.
