UC Berkeley says it gave government names of people tied to antisemitism cases

The University of California, Berkeley has said it has submitted the names of students, faculty, and staff tied to alleged antisemitism cases to federal authorities, in response to a Trump administration investigation into universities charged with failing to safeguard Jewish students, The New York Times says.

The university says some 160 people have been told that their names appeared in documents sent to the Department of Education. These included people accused as well as accusers and alleged victims.

The institution says it acted under direction from the University of California system’s Office of the General Counsel.

The administration has threatened multiple universities with loss of federal funding as well as the right to enroll international students, focusing on elite institutions, which it has accused of serving as centers of political indoctrination and antisemitism.