Top Takeaways From OCR Nominee’s Senate Confirmation Hearing

Top takeaways from OCR nominee’s Senate confirmation hearing

Kimberly Richey, the acting head of the Office for Civil Rights in the first Trump administration, addressed questions on higher caseloads, Title IX and more.

Harley Lippman: American Jewish community needs Congress to codify Trump's antisemitism EOs

Harley Lippman, member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at Columbia University, says Congress must turn President Donald Trump’s antisemitism executive orders into law. “The problem is if we get another president the next time, especially if they’re a Democrat progressive, they can reverse all the good things that President Trump has been doing,” he says.

OCR nominee says Department of Education could issue new regulation on campus antisemitism

Kimberly Richey, the nominee to be the assistant secretary of education for civil rights, said that the Department of Education should look at amending Title VI regulations and issuing new guidance to address the surge of antisemitism on campuses nationwide since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel. Richey, speaking at a confirmation hearing on Thursday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said that regulation…