DePaul College President Robert Manuel has been referred to as to testify earlier than Congress about antisemitism on faculty campuses.
Manuel will be a part of the presidents of Haverford School and California Polytechnic State College in San Luis Obispo on the listening to earlier than the U.S. Home Committee on Schooling & the Workforce in Washington on Could 7.
The Republican-led committee has titled the hearing: “Past the Ivy League: Stopping the Unfold of Antisemitism on American Campuses.”
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan, the committee chairperson, despatched a letter to Manuel and the varsity’s board of trustees writing that DePaul could also be violating federal civil rights legal guidelines if it isn’t addressing antisemitism.
In a press release, the college mentioned Manuel “seems to be ahead to having the dialog with our lawmakers and describing all that DePaul has accomplished to confront antisemitism on campus.”
DePaul outlines its efforts towards antisemitism on its website. “DePaul condemns all types of hatred, together with antisemitism,” the positioning states. “We’re dedicated to making sure DePaul is a secure and welcoming house for each member of our neighborhood.”
The letter comes days after a person appeared in court in Chicago on hate crime expenses after allegedly attacking two Jewish college students at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus.
Adam Erkan, 20, is charged with two felony counts of a hate crime and aggravated battery inflicting nice bodily hurt within the Nov. 6 assault towards Max Lengthy and Michael Kaminsky. Lengthy and Kaminsky filed a lawsuit against the university after the incident, alleging the varsity failed to guard them.
Lengthy suffered a concussion, and Kaminsky fractured his wrist through the assault exterior the DePaul scholar heart within the 2200 block of North Sheffield Avenue, the grievance states. A DePaul Public Security officer was additionally current however didn’t intervene, the lawsuit alleges.
The assault occurred a number of months after pro-Palestinian college students erected an encampment on DePaul’s campus, following a nationwide pattern that noticed college students name for an finish to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza within the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assaults in Israel.
Trump administration officers have singled out universities that it believes aren’t doing sufficient towards antisemitism or aren’t aligned with the administration’s objectives to remove variety, fairness and inclusion.
The administration has tried to strain universities — resembling Harvard and Northwestern — into compliance by threatening to withhold federal funding until insurance policies and educational packages are modified.
Federal officers are withholding $790 million in funding for Northwestern regardless of the varsity rolling out antisemitism measures and taking steps to adjust to Trump’s government orders towards variety, fairness and inclusion.
Final week, college students and school at Northwestern College protested towards the administration’s campaign against higher education as a part of a nationwide day of motion. Harvard has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt its funding freeze.
