The US Education Department notes concerns about discrimination against people of Jewish and Arab ancestry at Johns Hopkins University and reaches a settlement with the institution to resolve the complaints.
The university has agreed to review its anti-harassment policies and to provide training to staff and students on addressing discrimination and harassment based on ancestry and ethnicity, according to the settlement posted online by the Education Department.
Johns Hopkins confirms the settlement to local media.
“Discrimination of any kind, including antisemitism and anti-Arab bias, is not only at odds with university policy, but is also antithetical to our most fundamental values,” a spokesperson for Johns Hopkins tells the Baltimore Banner news website.
Rights advocates have noted rising antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents, including during campus protests, since the Hamas terror group launched its deadly October 7, 2023, onslaught in Israel, sparking the still-ongoing war in Gaza.
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