The Department of Education announced Thursday that it resolved several complaints with Rutgers University regarding how the school handled harassment of Jewish students.
The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigated three claims alleging Rutgers discriminated against students on the basis of national origin by not properly addressing reports of harassment and doxxing of Jewish students during the wave of antisemitic protests that swept college campuses since Oct. 7, 2023. This is according a department press release. The university has agreed to address the complaints and update its policy on investigating harassment claims.
Rutgers received nearly 300 reports between July 2023 and June 2024 alleging harassment against Jewish students and an additional 147 reports alleging discrimination against Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students.
The reports include claims…
