The Louis D. Brandeis Center provides sources of “best practices” information, documentation, advice and analysis for university administrators, counsel, faculty, and others – on a wide range of compliance matters, including issues relating to non-discrimination policies, the First Amendment, academic freedom, communications, orientation and training.
Dear Friends: In this Hanukkah season, I am particularly grateful [...]
President Thrasher's Statement on Antisemitism and Religious Discrimination Dear FSU [...]
LDB was pleased to sign on to the following letter commending Pitzer President Melvin Oliver for his stance against an academic boycott of Israel.
This notable student government resolution condemns anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli movements, including specifically ' the BDS movement, Neo-Nazism, and white supremacist movements.
A week ago, I wrote the campus to acknowledge the particular challenges of dealing with emotions aroused by the tragic and terrifying Middle East situation and to express the hope that we would -- as we did so well after Sept. 11 -- express our differences respectfully, seeing individuals, not stereotypes or, worse, enemies.
Earlier this summer the University and College Union (UCU), an organization of British academics, proposed a boycott of Israeli universities and academics, a proposal to be voted on by their membership in the coming months.
Acknowledgement: Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and the Legal Taskforce wish to thank the Achelis and Bodeman Foundations for their generous support of this project.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has provided guidance on the relationship between the First Amendment and federal civil rights law as they apply to federally funded educational institutions.
University of California President Mark Yudof, under fire for allegedly tolerating an atmosphere hostile to Jewish students on some UC campuses...
San Francisco State University President responded firmly and quickly to anti-Semitic incidents on his campus in 2002.
