JEREMY W. PETERS

New York Times

To show they are serious about stamping out campus antisemitism, some of the nation's top universities are adding a powerful position to their administrative ranks.

The position has a modest sounding title: Title VI coordinator. The responsibilities, however, are significant: to oversee and ensure compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in federally funded programs "on the ground of race, color or national origin" and also covers Jews, Arab Muslims and other religious groups.

Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, New York University and Harvard University − all accused by the Trump administration of failing to protect Jewish students from harassment − have recently added the job to their administrat

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