An “F” for Brown University, Other Ivy League Schools, in StopAntisemitism.org Annual Report Card

39% of Jewish college students have had to hide their identities on campus while 62% said they have been directly blamed for Israel’s military action in Gaza, according to a new report obtained by The Post.

The civil rights group StopAntisemitism issued its 2025 “report cards” grading how 90 colleges addressed the spreading hatred against Jews on campuses, with 14 schools flunking the exam — including two New York City universities.

“This report exposes a disturbing and undeniable reality. Antisemitism on American college campuses is systemic and tolerated, and in many cases enabled by the very institutions tasked with protecting our American kids,” StopAntisemitism founder Liora Rez said in a statement.

With antisemitism on the rise across the globe following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, students at 90 colleges in the US have reported feeling unsafe on their campuses, according to StopAntisemitism’s student survey.

About 58% of respondents said they have personally experienced antisemitism on campus, with only 12% claiming that the reported incidents were “properly addressed.”

Another 65% described feeling unwelcome in specific campus spaces as anti-Israel protests run amok, with 58% agreeing that their schools had failed to protect them.

Both Columbia University and the New School — which saw massive anti-Israeli protests break out since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack — received an F grade for allowing this culture of “pervasive antisemitism” to run rampant.

“At Columbia University, Jewish students have faced repeated antisemitic incidents including vandalism, hate filled emails, and disruptions glorifying extremist violence,” the report said.

“Federal investigators found the university showed ‘deliberate indifference’ toward these issues and threatened to halt hundreds of millions in funding,” it added, slamming the New School for similar allegations.

Several other Ivy League schools also received failing grades:  Brown University, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale.

While Harvard vowed to tackle antisemitism in 2025 amid a public battle with the Trump administration over federal grants, StopAntisemitism found that “despite the new initiatives, the campus climate remains “tense and accountability uncertain.”

The report claimed the case was the same for the other failing Ivy League members, slamming their campuses “unsafe for Jewish students.”

Other prestigious schools that failed – but not with an “F” – include MIT, Northwestern University and UC Berkeley. Altogether, 14 out of the 90 schools received a failing grade from StopAntisemistim.

“The schools that received Fs in the report have become ground zero for antisemitism in American higher education,” Rez said. “These institutions pride themselves on being moral and intellectually elite, yet they repeatedly fail to protect Jewish students from harassment, intimidation, hostility, and real violence.”

Who got an “A”?

Dartmouth, in New Hampshire, received the highest grade for an Ivy League school in this year’s report with a B rating.

Only 15 schools received an A in the report, including Baylor, Clemson, Elon and Colorado State University.

Who took big steps to improve – and it showed?

Cornell University, which received an F grading last year, was bumped up to a C, with StopAntisemitism noting that the administration has worked to address the concerns from Jewish students about safety on campus.

“Cornell students reported multiple antisemitic incidents, raising concerns about safety and campus climate. The administration addressed them and affirmed its commitment to inclusivity, though some students felt support and enforcement were inconsistent,” the report said.

Vassar College, located in upstate Poughkeepsie, also saw an improvement, going from a D rating last year all the way to a B in 2025 for its work to “enhance student safety.”

New York University, which was home to several anti-Israeli protests, also received a C grading, with students still asking the school to do more to tackle antisemitism.

Overall, only 62% of students surveyed said they would recommend their schools to fellow Jews.

The Report Highlights what real leadership looks like

StopAntisemitism’s annual report was put together by documenting the volume of antisemitic incidents that occurred at American colleges in 2025, with a survey launched at the schools to get firsthand accounts from Jewish students.

StopAntisemitism ultimately called on all schools in the US to follow in the footsteps of the A-rated universities in condemning hate against Jewish students and forming a transparent and standard investigation policy against acts of hate.

“While much of the attention has rightly focused on failures, this report also highlights campuses that understand what real leadership looks like,” Rez said.

“These schools don’t wait for national headlines or external pressures to act, they set clear standards, enforce them consistently and fairly, and make it known that antisemitism is not tolerated on their campus,” she added.

Rhode Island?

The only school in Rhode Island included in the report was Brown University. There were 14 schools at the bottom of the report across the United States – 14 failing grades of “F”, the worst of the grades.

At Brown, the report says, “federal investigators found numerous antisemitic incidents met with little action. Despite new policies and training, the campus climate remains uncertain and unsafe for Jewish students.”

Read the report in its entirety – HERE.

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Brown University Responds

RINewsToday asked Brown for their reaction to the report issued. Their response:

There is hope to do more

There is hope as the report notes, and one university – Cornell University – was an “F” last year – and this year is bumped up to a “C”.

In its conclusions, the report notes:

The 2025 findings prove that antisemitism on campus is systemic, not episodic. It is embedded in the culture, policies, and power structures of higher education. Jewish students who report harassment are routinely dismissed, ignored, or re-traumatized.

Administrators hide behind “process,” either because they too are afraid or, worse, because they are complicit. Faculty validate and amplify extremist rhetoric, some even teaching it in class. And DEI offices, the very departments tasked with protecting minority students, often serve as engines of anti-Jewish hostility.

A small number of universities made commendable efforts adopting IHRA, condemning terrorism, or expanding support for Jewish students. But these institutions are the exception, not the rule. The majority of campuses remain silent, inconsistent, or actively hostile to Jewish concerns. Investigations into antisemitism are mishandled or abandoned, reinforcing the message that Jewish students stand alone.

This yearʼs data makes clear that DEI has become a primary vehicle for antisemitism in American academia. Instead of fostering inclusion, DEI offices have:

• Normalized antisemitism under the banner of activism
• Excused harassment as “political speech”
• Excluded Jews from protections offered to other minorities
• Indoctrinated students with ideological frameworks that demonize Israel and, by extension, Jewish identity, and empowered movements that openly call for the dismantling of the worldʼs only Jewish state.

The solution is not reform, DEI has failed too fully, too structurally, and too consistently. Its ideological rigidity, selective morality, and entrenched double standards have helped fuel the worst wave of campus antisemitism in modern American history.

Worse still, academiaʼs refusal to confront this hatred threatens its own survival. Universities are meant to be beacons of reason, institutions committed to intellectual freedom and the pursuit of understanding. Instead, by allowing, endorsing, and institutionalizing anti-Jewish hatred, universities are poisoning their own foundations.

The erosion of the bedrock principles of education does not just harm Jewish students, it threatens the very viability of higher education itself. If universities do not confront and uproot the systems that enable antisemitism, they will continue to fail their Jewish students–indeed all their students–and they will continue to betray their very reason for existing.

The report notes that the “Jewish students want to be proud of their schools, not afraid of them. If they want to survive, universities should take heed. The time for decisive action is not approaching. It is long overdue.”