Harvard University failed to crack down hard enough on students who committed anti-Semitic acts that violated the Ivy League school's own policies, according to the House Education and Labor Committee. The House Education and Labor Committee is investigating anti-Israel demonstrations that have taken over American college campuses. October 7th Hamas terrorist attack in Israel.
Harvard University has filed disciplinary actions against 68 students in connection with campus camps from April 24 to May 14, according to documents obtained by the committee. Of these 68, none are currently suspended, 52 remain in “good standing,” 15 are not in good standing on disciplinary probation, and one is on administrative leave. It's inside.
The committee said it believed Harvard violated Title VI, which prohibits “hostile environments based on race, color, or national origin.”
“Harvard has failed. The story is over,” Commissioner Virginia Foxx, RN.C., said in a statement to FOX News Digital. “These administrators have failed Jewish students and faculty and failed to make clear that anti-Semitism will not be tolerated. The only thing the administrators accomplished was to almost certainly muster up the courage to return to campus and immediately appease the radical students intent on repeating the Harvard mess. We need to change our policy. ”
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On September 6, 2024, people march in front of Harvard Yard as they head to Harvard Square in the first anti-Israel demonstration of the year. (John Turmacchi/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
According to a summary of the findings provided to FOX News Digital, “Harvard University investigated and documented student violations of school rules, some of which were deemed worthy of semester-long suspensions; It failed to enforce its own rules and impose meaningful discipline.”
The committee added that the discipline “would have been consistent with Harvard University's declaration that 'calls to violence' and academic disruption 'will not be tolerated.'”[t]However, his record revealed that Harvard University failed to live up to this promise and allowed students to engage in such conduct without any real consequences. ”
Anti-Israel encampments have formed on university campuses since October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking hundreds of hostages in the Gaza Strip. “Until April 24, 2024, no formal discipline can be imposed on any 'Harvard Failed' student,” the committee said in a summary of its findings.
Before the encampment was set up, the committee said, “Harvard University had two incidents: the occupation of University Hall on November 16 and 17, 2023, and the disruption of classes with loudspeakers and anti-Semitic chants in November. Only 12 students were subject to disciplinary action for conduct related to anti-Semitic incidents.” 29th, 2023. ” The commission added that no students have received formal disciplinary action in these incidents and “all are in good standing.”
“Harvard University also failed to hold its student body accountable for anti-Semitic acts.” On September 10, the Harvard Crimson reported that on April 22, Harvard University “The Palestinian Solidarity Committee will be held accountable,'' the committee wrote. Groups eligible for school funding. “This reversal occurred despite the role the PSC and its members played in organizing the illegal encampment at Harvard University through the unrecognized group Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP). ”
Anti-Israel agitators raise a Palestinian flag at an encampment in Harvard Yard on May 7, 2024. (Lane Turner/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
The Crimson reported that while the PSC itself is not listed as an organizer of the camp, many of its members are part of HOOP and that the two groups are working together to coordinate Instagram posts.
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The committee noted that the Harvard University Board of Trustees originally voted to reduce sanctions for 35 students placed on disciplinary probation from more than six months to less than two months.
“This decrease means that of the students who were originally scheduled for a longer probationary period, no students remained on their probationary period at the start of the fall 2024 semester,” the report states. There is.
The committee “initially resolved to suspend five students for a period of one year or more for camp-related conduct violations, but later reduced the punishment to probation for one semester or less,'' the committee said. The student argued, “Therefore, we seem to be facing the following problems.'' There is no consequential discipline. ”
On May 23, 2024, hundreds of graduates walked out of Harvard University's 2024 commencement ceremony in an anti-Israel orchestrated protest. (Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
All Harvard students who appealed disciplinary action related to the camp had their penalties reduced, according to documents obtained by the committee.
The report cites how one student who participated in the encampment and raised a Palestinian flag in University Hall in Harvard Yards was “initially informed that he would receive a three-semester suspension.” . However, that three-semester suspension was downgraded to probation until December 20, 2024. The committee found that four other students who attended the camp were initially told they would each be required to leave the school for two semesters, but their respective suspensions were downgraded. ” Until October 21, 2024, the significantly lighter penalty of suspended sentence will apply.
The committee found that Harvard University took no action against students who occupied University Hall and interrupted classes with loudspeakers and anti-Semitic chants.
The nine Harvard University students who occupied University Hall on November 16 and 17, 2023, also “disrupted normal business operations by shouting and chanting with the intent of occupying the building.” Despite this, “no formal disciplinary action was taken,” the commission said. Said. Instead, they received an informal “warning,” which Harvard says “is not considered formal disciplinary action.”
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Five Harvard University students interrupted an economics and statistics class on November 29, 2023, with loudspeakers and anti-Semitic chants such as “From the Rivers to the Sea” and “Globalize the Intifada.” received no formal disciplinary action, the commission wrote. Two of the students were also involved in the occupation of the university hall several weeks ago.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Harvard University for comment.
