Antisemitism on campus. While agreeing that the problem is more prevalent nationwide with a pushback on occupations of their universities condoning antisemitism and take. This hearing is just over three hours 15 minutes. Good morning. The disrupting classrooms the principal agents of antijewish harassment and violence and have made an absolute mockery of socalled University Leaders. Thats why the committee is getting gas yet again calling for accountability for those in charge of universities. Today with mr. Michael schill of Northwestern University, dr. Jean block of ucla, and dr. Johnson holloway of Rutgers University. Each of you should be ashamed of your decisions to allow antisemitic encampments to endanger jewish students. You should be doubly ashamed for capitulating to the antisemitic rule breakers. Our job today is first and foremost to hold those who are supposed to be in charge to account. Dr. Jean block, you will testify to the horrific violent events that unfolded at ucla,
Oh wow support cspan is a Public Service along these other levision providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Testimony from the president of northwestern, rutgers and ucla on the rise of antisemitism on campus. While agreeing the problem is more prevalent nationwide, they push back on accusations that universities condone antisemitism and hate. From the house education and the Workforce Committee this hearing is just over three hours 15 minutes. [background noises] good morning. Committee on Education Workforce will come to order i note a quorum is present without objection the chair is authorized to call a racist at any time. [inaudible] i want the door shut. It is too noisy. Okay. Ernest hemingways novel the sun also rises, two characters are discussing bankruptcy. How did you go bankrupt asked bill . Two ways michael responds gradually then suddenly. Note three words better apply to the decline of post secondary iy education that has transpired gradually then suddenly to
The president founded Nyus Furman Center for urban policy which has become one of the nations leading Research Centers on housing. Welcome to the committee, president. Thank you. Our second witness is the president of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, new jersey. The next witness is the secretary and ceo of this society located in washington dc. The fine witness. The chancellor of ucla and los angeles, california. We thank you for being here today and look forward to your testimony. We will remind the witnesses that we have read your written statements which will. In full in the hearing record. Pursuant to Committee Rule 8d the Committee Practice i ask each limit your oral presentation to a fiveminute summary of the written statement. I also remind the witnesses to be aware of the responsibility to provide Accurate Information to the committee. I will first recognize this president for five minutes. Thank you. And also thank you to the representative for the kind introduction. I agr
In 2013, the University found Professor Michael Simons guilty of sexual harassment and disciplined him accordingly. Simons claimed that five years later, Yale punished him again for the same conduct in a gender-discriminatory effort to appease campus supporters of the #MeToo movement; a federal court last week allowed the case to move to trial.