Fetterman part of a bipartisan bill to help students combat anti-Semitism on campus
[Hat tip: commenter “miguel cervantes.”]
I guess it’s no longer a surprise that Senator Fetterman is deeply committed to this issue, but it’s still newsworthy:
Senators Bill Cassidy, R-La., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., are introducing a bipartisan bill Thursday aimed at protecting students on college campuses from antisemitism and other discriminatory acts.
The Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2024 seeks to “empower students” to file civil rights complaints if they experience discrimination on college campuses, according to a statement exclusively shared with Fox News Digital. …
The bill would require colleges to post information and links on their websites and in high-traffic public areas, like student centers, detailing how to file a Title VI discrimination complaint with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
It would also require the OCR’s assistant secretary to give monthly briefings to Congress explaining the number of complaints the office had received, how they were addressed and how long the complaints had been pending with the OCR.
Additionally, each college receiving federal funds would have to submit an annual report to the Education Department’s inspector general detailing the number of complaints it had received regarding discrimination, an analysis of the number of such complaints, and the action the institution took to address them.
Even without the bill, though, students can file lawsuits – and have done so. For example:
Harvard University was sued by Jewish students who claim the school has failed to punish campus antisemitism that soared after the Hamas attack on Israel and helped lead to the ouster of President Claudine Gay.
Harvard administrators failed to enforce policies that should protect Jewish students from antisemitic speech and conduct, according to the lawsuit filed late Wednesday in Boston federal court. Students cited a US civil rights law that’s been used to sue New York University, the University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Berkeley.
The only way to improve university conditions in this regard is to make sure there are negative consequences for failing to protect students from threats and discrimination. One problem that could arise is deciding how to protect free speech while giving redress for the more extreme cases.
You recall the episodically neuralgic reactions higher ed administrators had to ‘it’s ok to be white’ bills posted here, there and the next place? As far as these cretins were concerned, it was an affront for a random person to assert that they did not require a seal of approval from the administration or from anyone else. The anti-semitism is a particular manifestation of the white pathology discourse.
Plus, the link posted by Miguel Cervantes on the Open Thread, with Fetterman suggesting that South Africa might want to “sit this one out” on its charges of genocide against Israelis, considering ongoing violence against whites in SA.
you know they did a similar thing with the Goldstone Report, which happened in Obama’s first term, the UN had Richard Falk, who you may recall was a Princeton professor who celebrated the Ayatollah in exile, as a conscientous dissident, much like the austere scholar tag the Post did for Al Baghdadi,
Almost, Almost I say, to make me want to vote for Fetterman. (If I could)
The only way to improve University conditions is to make sure there are personal consequences for the administrators charged with protecting students from threats and discrimination. The University paying a fine is meaningless because that’s just part of doing business. Whatever the fines, higher tuition rates will cover them. But even should administrators suppress threats and discrimination, it won’t change the indoctrination. The entire institution of ‘education’ needs to be defunded.
Universities are best not attended, because a bachelors’ will today do nothing for the degree-holder, unless it is required for eligibility for futher study, e.g. PhD., law or medicine.
We are seeing the consquence of B. Hussein Obama’s insistence that all should have college (bachelors) access, and seizing control of student aid programs. The faculties/administrators are almost universally leftist, this cranks up their school’s income, and loan default is forgiven by Dopey Joe. So leftist indoctrination continues. Never forget CRT was invented by a Harvard law prof in 1974.
You went to HARVARD? Bless your heart.
Beats lawsuits paid out of cash flow
Amazing what the guy had to do to get elected.
This could be used by whites to fight racist DIE courses and policies!
The vote on that bill will be interesting. How many Democrats will vote aye?