U.S. Department of Education Officially Opens Civil Rights Investigation into University of Pennsylvania and Wellesley College; UPenn Case Complaint Filed by Brandeis Center and Wellesley Complaint Filed by Brandeis and Jewish on Campus

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Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education announced it would open an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania and Wellesley College for their failure to address pervasive incidents of campus anti-Semitism. The investigation follows two separate Nov. 9 complaints filed by the Brandeis Center seeking immediate and specific action to address increasing discrimination against and harassment of Jews in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.