Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap House Republicans launch investigation into federal funding for universities amid campus protests !

House Republicans launch investigation into federal funding for universities amid campus protests

Time:2024-05-21 18:00:56 source:World Web news portal

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Tuesday announced an investigation into the federal funding for universities where students have protested the Israel-Hamas war, broadening a campaign that has placed heavy scrutiny on how presidents at the nation’s most prestigious colleges have dealt with reports of antisemitism on campus.

Several House committees will be tasked with a wide probe that ultimately threatens to withhold federal research grants and other government support to the universities, placing another pressure point on campus administrators who are struggling to manage pro-Palestine encampments, allegations of discrimination against Jewish students and questions of how they are integrating free speech and campus safety.

The House investigation follows several recent high-profile hearings that precipitated the resignations of presidents at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. And House Republicans promised more scrutiny, saying they were calling on the administrators of Yale, UCLA and the University of Michigan to testify next month.

Related information
  • The Latest
  • Antiques Roadshow guest's shock as his passion project book's real value is revealed
  • Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spewing thick ash and dark clouds into the sky
  • Rwanda denies involvement in grenade attack blamed on Burundi rebels
  • Russian theater director and playwright go on trial over a play authorities say justifies terrorism
  • Sundance Wicks returns to Wyoming as basketball coach after a year at Green Bay
  • Town prepares for possible 'last stand' as wildfires rage across Western Canada
  • Indonesia: Rescue underway after flash floods kill dozens
Recommended content
  • NBA playoffs: Edwards leads Wolves to 98
  • Helena Bonham Carter channels her inner rock star as she arrives on the red carpet in black
  • U.S. student protests over Israel
  • Ashley Roberts leaves VERY little to the imagination in sizzling gothic gown with cut
  • Why US Catholics are planning pilgrimages in communities across the nation
  • Rescue effort for dozens missing in South Africa building collapse are boosted by 1 more survivor