Follow on to Events of Feb. 26 at Berkeley

From Inside Higher Ed today: The Education Department is investigating allegations of shared-ancestry discrimination at another five colleges and universities, including the University of California, Berkeley, according to the agency’s updated list of open inquiries.

The department’s list of colleges, universities and K-12 school districts under investigation doesn’t specify what the investigation is about beyond a possible violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which requires federally funded institutions to protect students from discrimination based on race, color or national origin...

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that the Berkeley investigation stems from a Feb. 26 incident in which protesters disrupted a planned lecture from Ran Bar-Yoshafat, deputy director of the Kohelet Policy Forum, an Israeli libertarian think tank. The event was canceled and evacuated. The department’s Office for Civil Rights typically takes at least a few weeks or months to open an investigation, so the quick turnaround on this incident is a shift.The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that the Berkeley investigation stems from a Feb. 26 incident in which protesters disrupted a planned lecture from Ran Bar-Yoshafat, deputy director of the Kohelet Policy Forum, an Israeli libertarian think tank. The event was canceled and evacuated. The department’s Office for Civil Rights typically takes at least a few weeks or months to open an investigation, so the quick turnaround on this incident is a shift...

Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/03/07/us-opens-civil-rights-probes-uc-berkeley-four-others.