2023 United States Congress hearing on antisemitism

On December 5, 2023, the United States House Committee on Education & the Workforce held a hearing on antisemitism on college campuses. The committee called a few university leaders to testify, including the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In the widely televised hearing, the presidents answered questions about their schools' policies, including those on antisemitism. After the hearing, the committee called for the resignation of the presidents, and announced a Congressional investigation "with the full force of subpoena power" into the same issues.

The following week, Liz Magill, president of Penn, submitted her resignation, partly in response to backlash resulting from the hearing. In January, Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned as well, following allegations of plagiarism.

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