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House Republicans Challenge University Leaders on Campus Antisemitism

Republicans threatened to cut funding unless universities tightened discipline at the ninth hearing, prompting officials to underscore their free-speech safeguards.

Overview

  • Republicans on the House Education and the Workforce Committee accused the three universities of permitting an antisemitic climate and warned they could withhold federal funds for inadequate responses.
  • Lyons, Groves and Matos Rodríguez detailed campus actions—from disciplinary measures and mandatory training to security funding and dialogue initiatives—aimed at combating antisemitism while preserving free speech.
  • Democrats decried the session as a 'kangaroo court' and criticized President Trump’s cuts to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for undermining civil rights enforcement.
  • CUNY reported receiving 68 antisemitism complaints last year and disciplining 18 students over two years, while Georgetown placed a professor on leave for an antisemitic social media post.
  • This was the ninth hearing since October 2023, following high-profile resignations of Ivy League presidents whose testimonies before the same committee drew sharp criticism.