Under the leadership of Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI), the Education and Workforce Committee released a new majority staff report on antisemitism on college campuses.
“Antisemitism continues to spread like wildfire at schools across the nation,”said Chairman Walberg.“Over the past several years, we’ve seen university leaders surrender to the radical demands of terror-supporting mobs targeting Jewish students and faculty. This weakness has emboldened hatred and allowed campuses to devolve into hotbeds of radical antisemitism.
“Republicans remain committed to holding college and university leaders accountable for their failures. Time and again, school leaders appeared before my Committee and failed to take responsibility for the hatred they let spiral out of control. Let the release of this report serve as an important reminder: if university leaders forget their legal responsibility to address discrimination of any form on campus, my colleagues and I will remind them.”
The report found evidence to support four conclusions:
University leaders are still failing to show strong, decisive leadership to address antisemitism on college campuses. In every case examined, the Committee found strong leadership to be critical to stopping antisemitic harassment. At many schools, a lack of decisive leadership allowed antisemitism to spread as leaders caved to the radical demands of faculty and student groups.
Faculty members are legitimizing and amplifying antisemitism on college campuses. Across multiple universities, the Committee discovered many faculty members who promoted antisemitism. Faculty members sought to strip Jewish students of protections against harassment, incited or celebrated violence, and left Jewish students isolated and alienated.
Student groups are acting as ringleaders driving antisemitic harassment and hostility. Groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are ringleaders for the antisemitic harassment faced by Jewish students on campus, often with the support of faculty members.
American universities operating campuses in the Middle East are failing in critical ways to fulfill their stated goal of promoting American values. These satellite campuses host faculty and students that perpetuate antisemitism without apparent consequence and also struggle to uphold free speech principles.
Background and timeline of investigation in the 119th Congress:
March 27, 2025: Chairman Walberg and Higher Education and Workforce Development (HEWD) Subcommittee Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent letters to Barnard College, Bowdoin College, Northwestern University, Pomona College, and Sarah Lawrence College on the schools’ failure to address antisemitism on campus.
May 7, 2025: The Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing with the leaders of Haverford College, DePaul University, and California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo) to examine the spread of antisemitism beyond the Ivy League at schools across the country.
June 2, 2025: Chairman Walberg and HEWD Subcommittee Chairman Owens sent a letter to Bowdoin College demanding the school comply with Committee requests for disciplinary records for those who participated in antisemitic incidents on campus.
June 26, 2025: Chairman Walberg sent letters to the presidents of DePaul University, California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), and Haverford College requesting more information from the leaders following their testimonies before the Committee on May 7.
July 3, 2025: Chairman Walberg and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) sent a letter demanding answers from Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman on texts and emails sent by Shipman appearing to drown out pro-Israel voices on campus and downplay fears of Jewish students.
July 15, 2025: The Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing with the leaders of Georgetown University; University of California, Berkeley; and The City University of New York examining the role of faculty, funding, and ideology in driving campus antisemitism.
August 21, 2025: Chairman Walberg sent a letter to the National Education Association, America’s biggest teachers union, demanding answers for the union’s antisemitic positions.
August 25, 2025: Chairman Walberg sent letters to University of Illinois College of Medicine; University of California, San Francisco; and University of California, Los Angeles Geffen School of Medicine demanding answers from school leaders on their failures to address antisemitism.
September 9, 2025: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing unmasking union antisemitism.
September 10, 2025: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a hearing on the spread of antisemitism in K-12 schools.
September 29, 2025: Chairman Walberg and Rep. Stefanik sent a letter to Harvard investigating incidents, entities, and partnerships that contributed to a hostile antisemitic environment on campus.
November 24, 2025: Chairman Walberg sent a letter investigating antisemitic harassment in three K-12 school districts: Berkeley Unified School District, Fairfax County Public Schools, and the School District of Philadelphia.
December 11, 2025: Chairman Walberg sent a letter to Massachusetts Institute of Technology requesting additional information about recent instances of antisemitism on campus.
Dec 12, 2025: Chairman Walberg sent a letter to the American Psychological Association following serious reports of antisemitism within the organization, including harassment of Jewish members and inadequate responses from leadership to such complaints.
March 6, 2026: The Committee conducted a briefing with the Mayor of Evanston, IL, Daniel Biss, regarding his refusal to send law enforcement assistance to help clear the encampment on Northwestern University’s campus.
