Penn President Liz Magill vows to regain trust after antisemitism claims inquirer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Some megadonors are outraged over institutions’ responses to the Israel-Hamas war. But experts say big checks shouldn’t buy influence over university leaders. Weeks into the war between Israel and Hamas, conflict continues to spill onto campuses in the US. Among other things, numerous high-profile donors have threatened to close their checkbooks over how college presidents are or aren’t communicating about a complicated geopolitical issue thousands of miles away.
University of Pennsylvania president unveils antisemitism action plan inquirer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Statements on the Israel attacks draw criticism from both sides. Should commenting on complicated geopolitical events be part of a college leader’s mandate? Reverberations from the war between Israel and Hamas are shaking U.S. higher education as the conflict spills out onto campuses across the nation, pitting protesting students against one another and forcing college presidents to take a stand on a conflict thousands of miles away. Presidential responses have elicited criticism from supporters on both sides. Students and faculty members have blasted college and university leaders for not releasing statements at all, for speaking up too late or for speaking too forcefully or not forcefully enough.
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill responded to mounting backlash over Penn's handling of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, which included speakers with antisemitic histories. After Hamas attacked Israel, some Penn alumni, donors and trustees called for Magill and others to resign. Magill said Penn 'should have moved faster' to condemn antisemitism.