Measles cases in the U.S. have reached a 33 year high, despite the availability of a safe, effective vaccine. The spread of misinformation has fueled this increase.
Leaders from Georgetown, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley, said they are working to protect Jewish students but also free speech on their campuses.
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is in charge of overseeing the Department of Education, including its role in enforcing anti-discrimination laws.
The University of Michigan was the latest school accused of failing to report large foreign donations amid a wider pressure campaign from the Trump administration.
The university plans to offer additional anti-discrimination training in partnership with Jewish organizations. Some other measures could prove controversial.
Leaders of CUNY, Georgetown and UC Berkeley testified at the latest campus antisemitism hearing, where they were grilled by Republicans while Democrats took aim at Trump. For the fifth time since late 2023, congressional Republicans on Tuesday interrogated a group of university leaders about campus antisemitism. But unlike previous hearings, this one was short on fireworks and viral moments, even as the three leaders—Georgetown University interim president Robert Groves; University of California, Berkeley, chancellor Rich Lyons; and City University of New York chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez—faced a grilling over faculty remarks, foreign funding and alleged failures to protect Jewish students from discrimination and harassment.
The public-polling firm Gallup first asked Americans whether they trust the sector a decade ago. This year, after years of decline, the sector finally gained back some ground.
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