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While most students and faculty in the U.S. don’t experience widespread antisemitism, it remains a major problem for those who do. Nikita Payusov/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

September 19, 2025

Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government‑proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students

Graham Wright, Brandeis University

Jewish students who identify as politically liberal were especially likely to feel alienated and isolated on college campuses.

Brown University is one of the Ivy League universities that has recently made a deal with the White House to end the government’s inquiry into its treatment of Jewish students, among other practices, on campus. Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images

August 14, 2025

Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare

Brendan Cantwell, Michigan State University

Harvard University is the latest school that is nearing an expensive settlement with the Trump administration. The different deals are complex, but share a few similarities.

University campuses across Canada have been sites of tension, protest and divisions. (Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash)

July 28, 2025

How to improve university EDI policies so they address Jewish identity and antisemitism

Lilach Marom, Simon Fraser University and Ania Switzer, University of British Columbia

Universities need to resist the urge to treat difficult conversations as too controversial. Antisemitism must be recognized as a form of racism, not merely religious intolerance.

A new study found that graduates of publicly funded schools were more likely to disagree with statements such as ‘discrimination is no longer a major problem.’ (Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages)

November 1, 2022

Why attending publicly funded schools may help students become more culturally sensitive

Wendy Hughes, University of Toronto

A study finds that graduates who attended publicly funded schools were more likely to have open intercultural orientations than those who attended private schools.

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