This comes as Northwestern and its leaders face a lawsuit seeking class-action status, saying the university has failed to protect Jewish students from severe antisemitic harassment.
CHICAGO — Northwestern University's president will testify before Congress about antisemitism on college campuses.President Michael Schill will join the presidents of Rutgers University and UCLA to speak before the House committee on education and the workforce in the wake of Pro-Palestinian encampments taking hold on college campuses. The committee's chairwoman chastised all three presidents for how they handled demonstrations on their campuses against the war in Gaza.
Under the agreement, students took down their tent encampment, and Northwestern promised to be more transparent about its financial dealings.It also agreed to give scholarships to five Palestinian students affected by the war and to create roles for two Palestinian professors. This comes as Northwestern and its leaders face a lawsuit seeking class-action status, saying the university has failed to protect Jewish students from severe antisemitic harassment.The lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S.
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