Columbia University antisemitism report highlights bigotry among elites in college system

Columbia University’s new task force report shows antisemitism is 
pervasive at the university — and it’s just a symptom of a larger ailment 
plaguing elite higher education.

The report is yet more evidence top universities are the most overtaken by 
radical activism and bigotry.

In fact, according to a new analysis, schools that cost $60,000-plus a 
year and have fewer students on scholarship grants have staged the most 
disruptive demonstrations.

It appears the country’s most privileged kids are the ones spearheading 
campus chaos.

On Friday, Columbia released its report on “student experiences of 
antisemitism and recommendations for promoting shared values and 
inclusion” as the second installment of publications from its appointed 
faculty task force on antisemitism.

As The Post reported this weekend, the 91-page packet is the result of 
testimony of more than 500 Columbia students.

It describes Jewish students as having been “shoved, pushed to the ground, 
berated for showing support for Zionist causes, and watching Israeli flags 
burned.”

“The testimonies of hundreds of Jewish and Israeli students have made 
clear that the University community has not treated them with the 
standards of civility, respect, and fairness it promises to all its 
students,” the school said in a statement about the report.

Columbia was hit with demonstrations Tuesday by more anti-Israel 
protesters, as the new school year starts. Students had to line up and be 
screeened to be allowed onto campus in the first place, an Alma Mater 
statue on college grounds was splashed with red paint and two arrests of 
protesters were made.

Similar experiences have been recounted across the nation’s most premiere 
universities. Students at other ivies, including Harvard and the 
University of Pennsylvania, have even sued their universities for 
antisemitism.

Radical anti-Israel sentiment is bubbling over most vigorously at the most 
elite universities — and it’s no coincidence. These schools have been 
churning out far-left activists for years, and now they’re showing their 
true colors.

According to a new analysis from Washington Monthly, protests popped up in 
the least affordable — and most entitled — universities. 

Robert Kelchen and Marc Novicoff’s report found that the higher the 
tuition is at a school, the more likely they were to have an encampment 
pop up in the name of the Palestinian cause this past year.

In fact, almost every school with an encampment on their campus costs more 
than $60,000 annually to attend. That’s about as much as the average 
annual salary, $63,795, in the United States.

Similarly, schools with less students on Pell Grants (federal needs-based 
subsidies for tuition costs) were more likely to have protests and 
encampments.  

In short: it’s rich kids in the tents.

https://nypost.com/2024/09/03/us-news/columbia-antisemitism-report-
highlights-bigotry-among-elites-in-college-system/