From the NY Times: The Trump administration is pursuing a civil rights investigation into antisemitism at Cornell University, months after the Ivy League school signed a settlement intended to end a pressure campaign by the federal government. The inquiry, which the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is leading and that Cornell publicly acknowledged on Thursday, appears focused on whether the university allowed antisemitic discrimination against workers. As a part of the investigation, the federal agency sought this week to survey current and former Cornell employees... One question asked workers whether they had been subjected to a range of behaviors, including “antisemitic or anti-Israeli protests, gatherings or demonstrations” that left them feeling threatened, “because you practice Judaism, have Jewish ancestry, are Israeli” or are associated with an Israeli or Jewish person.
Other questions inquired whether a person had reported potential antisemitism to Cornell; believed that Cornell was using “rubrics or programs” to give preference to people on the basis of religion, national origin or other protected classes; or participated in university training that addressed antisemitism. The E.E.O.C., which reached many people through personal email addresses, asked Cornell employees to respond by March 31, and it urged recipients not to take the survey during work hours or on university-owned devices. The E.E.O.C. declined to comment...
Full story at https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/trump-administration-cornell-employees-antisemitism-eeoc.html.
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