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Universities work to settle discrimination cases in waning days of the Biden administration

JL;DR SUMMARY In the final days of the Biden administration, universities are hastily settling antisemitism cases amidst anticipation of stricter enforcement from the incoming Trump administration. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Biden AdministrationTrump AdministrationDepartment Of EducationCivil RightsDiscriminationTitle ViSettlementsUniversitiesCampus Climate

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"Its disgraceful that in the final days of the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of Education is letting universities, including Rutgers, five University of California system campuses including UCLA, and Johns Hopkins, off the hook for their failures to address campus antisemitism, said Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), the new chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce."
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
"Settlements to Title VI cases reached this month include Rutgers agreement to implement a series of trainings to improve the campus climate."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"In its resolution with Johns Hopkins University, in which OCR said that the Baltimore college did not apply the right legal standard when determining if an incident created a hostile environment on campus, administrators agreed to require annual training for all staff responsible for investigating complaints."
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
"Trump said in virtual remarks in September at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas."
Israel
"Trump ran on a promise that, if reelected, U.S. universities would lose accreditation and federal support if they fail to stop the rising level of antisemitism that has roiled campuses nationwide since the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel."

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