Posted on 12/09/2023 7:55:04 AM PST by george76
Foxx warned that other universities should expect to be faced with similar investigations...
Rep. Dr. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, has announced a formal investigation into Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT. This comes after the presidents of all three universities refused to affirm that “calling for the genocide of Jews” is necessarily against the rules at their respective universities.
Each of the three university presidents refused to answer “yes,” after being asked multiple times whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” violates their own university policies. All three presidents repeatedly suggested that the answer to the question lies in the ‘context’ surrounding the call for genocide. Two suggested that the speech must turn “into conduct” in order to violate the rules.
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“The testimony we received earlier this week from Presidents Gay, Magill, and Kornbluth about the responses of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT to the rampant antisemitism displayed on their campuses by students and faculty was absolutely unacceptable,” Dr. Foxx said in a Thursday statement.
Foxx noted that the committee members have “deep concerns” with the leadership of Harvard University President Claudine Gay, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill, and MIT President Sally Kornbluth, citing their “failure to take steps to provide Jewish students the safe learning environment they are due under law.”
The representative accused the three presidents of both “institutional and personal failures.” The investigation will address the universities “learning environments,” as well as policies and disciplinary procedures.
Foxx warned that other universities should expect to be faced with similar investigations, “as their litany of similar failures has not gone unnoticed.”
no firings or resignations. Bet on it.
no firings or resignations. Bet on it.
More important is to close the border, but that is also a myth.
Larry would be GREAT!! Good idea :)
There are some medical Drs in Congress, but if she is overseeing education, she is probably just a PhD kind...
The chair of the University of UPenn’s Board of Trustees, Scott Bok, resigned on Saturday, after man-splaining controversial comments (now resigned) UPenn President Liz Magill made at a House hearing on antisemitism this week.
Bok described Magill’s comments as “a very unfortunate misstep… after five hours of aggressive questioning before a Congressional committee.”
He stood up for her in the message, calling her “a very good person and a talented leader who was beloved by her team”
“Worn down by months of relentless external attacks, she was not herself last Tuesday,” he said. “Over prepared and over lawyered given the hostile forum and high stakes, she provided a legalistic answer to a moral question, and that was wrong.”
“It made for a dreadful 30-second sound bite in what was more than five hours of testimony,” he added.
As long as it was White conservatives most Jews would have no problem with that.
Right, that’s why I consider this Left on Left, I’ll just sit back and enjoy my popcorn.
The audio of the hearing with Rep. Stefanik asking these three about genocide was really astounding to listen to. It sounded like they were trying to say that this kind of speech wasn’t harassment based on federal anti-harassment laws for the workplace (they kept saying “pervasive and severe”).
Astounding.
And with multiple chances to clarify.
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