US EditionCooper Union Settles Antisemitism Lawsuit with Reforms and Compensation
Cooper Union will pay compensation and introduce new policies including a Title VI coordinator and mask ban at protests to address antisemitic harassment claims.
- On Thursday, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art settled a Title VI lawsuit, agreeing to create a Title VI coordinator, expand training, ban masks at protests, and pay compensation to 10 Jewish students.
- During the Oct. 25, 2023 rally, protesters stormed past security, banged on doors, and chanted 'Free Palestine,' prompting Jewish students to barricade themselves inside for 20 minutes.
- A federal judge in Manhattan refused to dismiss the lawsuit last February, and the Department of Education under President Joe Biden opened a Title VI probe requiring Cooper Union to apply Biden-era guidance including IHRA.
- The settlement positions Cooper Union among schools required to strengthen protections, committing to oversight and training amid a national wave of lawsuits after Oct. 7, 2023.
- Cooper Union's commitment to apply IHRA guidance positions the school within broader debates as its new Title VI coordinator will implement Biden administration guidance amid a national wave of lawsuits since Oct. 7, 2023.
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Cooper Union settles lawsuit with Jewish students and makes sweeping changes to protest policy
The Cooper Union, a small private college in NYC, is required to make changes to its protest and anti-discrimination policies after settling a lawsuit with Jewish students Thursday.
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WINCooper Union settles Title VI antisemitism case with 10 Jewish students who were barricaded in library after Oct. 7
The Cooper Union has settled a Title VI case of antisemitic discrimination dating back to a highly publicized incident in which Jewish students were trapped in a school library by protesters after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. The Manhattan engineering college has agreed to pay an unspecified sum to 10 affected Jewish students, create a Title VI coordinator position who will monitor cases “including discrimination or harassment based on antisemitis…
New York’s Cooper Union Settles Campus Antisemitism Case, Pledges Reforms
Pro-Hamas activists gather in Washington Square Park for a rally following a protest march held in response to an NYPD sweep of an anti-Israel encampment at New York University in Manhattan, May 3, 2024. Photo: Matthew Rodier/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art will take steps to reduce antisemitism and other harassment on campus, to settle a lawsuit claiming it failed to help Jewish students who were…
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