Cal State targeted by federal officials in antisemitism inquiry

By Mar a Paula Mijares Torres and Felipe Marques Bloomberg Federal functionaries have opened inquiries into California State University for charges of antisemitism and maintains of racial discrimination tied to a diversity hiring initiative RELATED National petition seeks UC president s removal after names sent to feds in antisemitism probe Related Articles More California students applied for FAFSA despite troubling circumstances Bill to automatically admit California high school seniors to state universities heads to Gov Newsom California passes bill requiring parents be notified when immigration enforcement is at school San Jose State University sees record enrollment despite Trump concerns California higher schooling layoffs UC Stanford and Cal State universities cut freeze jobs The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched an analysis into proposes of antisemitism and was reaching out to employees to gather evidence Chancellor Mildred Garc a announced in a message to the school area on Friday that was seen by Bloomberg The US Teaching Department s Office for Civil Rights is examining CSU s past participation in The PhD Project a nonprofit that works to diversify business schooling over suggests of racial discrimination The Los Angeles Times was first to review on the inquiries Federal investigators have subpoenaed the university for employees personal contact information as part of a broader antisemitism probe the newspaper released The campus one of in the CSU system hosted a Gaza Solidarity Encampment during nationwide protests over Israel s war in Gaza The Justice Department and the EEOC is also pursuing similar investigations on antisemitism and discrimination across the University of California as well Garc a announced CSU has invariably complied with state and federal law and doesn t give preferential medicine based on race or religion The university is cooperating with the federal inquiries she added CSU participated in The PhD Project for university job postings until a university spokesperson announced in a declaration without explaining why it ended the association More stories like this are available on bloomberg com Bloomberg L P