The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released revised grades for some schools assessed in its Campus Antisemitism Report Card. The initiative evaluates the climate and administrative policies addressing antisemitism on college campuses.
According to an ADL press release, the organization released the beta version of the Campus Antisemitism Report Card in April. It assessed and graded 85 institutions to provide campus leadership, parents, students, alumni, and other stakeholders with a tool to evaluate the state of antisemitism on campus and how schools across the country are responding. In the initial release, two schools received an "A," 17 schools received a "B," 29 schools received a "C," 24 schools received a "D," and 13 schools received an "F" grade.
The ADL noted that since the release of the report card, colleges and universities across the country have been fraught with hostile anti-Israel events, such as encampments, seized school buildings, staff assaults, as well as antisemitic harassment, intimidation, and violence. The ADL stated it has tracked over 2,600 arrests over the last three months.
Only 46% of Jewish students felt physically safe on their campuses during the first half of the fall semester of the 2023-2024 school year. The anti-Jewish events that have taken place since then have caused Jewish students’ sense of security to decrease even more.
The increased hostility toward Jewish students prompted ADL to reevaluate the 85 schools. The results: Two schools received an "A," 18 schools received a "B," 32 schools received a "C," 24 schools received a "D," and nine schools received an "F" grade.
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt explained in the press release, "The past few weeks have been marked by an alarming surge in anti-Jewish hate connected to the encampments and other on-campus protests, putting students’ safety at risk and even prompting some schools to cancel graduation. The end of the school year should be a joyous time for students and their families, and it is completely unacceptable that some university leaders have let the situation get this out of hand."
