This post was updated Nov. 6 at 1:41 a.m.

The United States House of Representatives released a report Thursday concluding that many American universities – including UCLA – failed to adequately address antisemitism.

The 325-page report follows the House Committee on Education and the Workforce’s year-long investigation into antisemitism on 11 university campuses, including Ivy League universities and UC schools. The report says that in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack by militant group and Palestinian political party Hamas on southern Israeli villages, U.S. higher education institutions experienced “an epidemic of hate, violence, and harassment targeting Jewish students.”

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The majority-Republican Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Congresswoman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, issued subpoenas at two universities and collected over 400,000 pages of documents throughout the investigation, reaching four key findings.

The first is that students who established campus pro-Palestine encampments – which the report states “created unsafe and hostile learning environments” – were given “shocking concessions,” such as Columbia University providing amnesty for students and creating a resilience fund for Gaza. Universities’ lack of rule enforcement put students and personnel at risk, the report said, also citing UCLA as an example of officials failing to act when the Palestine solidarity encampment allegedly violated Jewish students’ civil rights and placed the campus at risk.

Benjamin Kersten, a spokesperson for Jewish Voice for Peace at UCLA who participated in the encampment, previously rejected allegations that the protests harmed Jewish students.

The committee also concluded that university leaders intentionally withheld support for Jewish communities on campuses. The report stated that universities did not properly condemn antisemitic harassment out of concern for offending students and faculty who expressed support for the protest. 

Additionally, the report concluded that universities failed to impose discipline for antisemitic conduct, adding that in some cases, discipline was prevented by faculty.

The committee stated that university leaders demonstrated hostility toward congressional oversight. Campus antisemitism was downplayed as a public relations concern rather than a serious issue, the report said, citing examples from Harvard University, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania.

In a statement, a UCLA spokesperson said the university is committed to combating antisemitism and fostering an inclusive, safe environment.

“We have learned valuable lessons from the events of last spring, and ahead of the start of this academic year, instituted reforms and programs to combat discrimination and enhance campus safety,” the spokesperson said in the statement.

Among these measures are a Four-Point Plan for a Safer, Stronger UCLA and revised Time, Place and Manner policies for public expression activities on campus, the spokesperson said, adding that UCLA is also collaborating with campus offices and stakeholders – including Hillel at UCLA – to promote safety and protect civil rights.

[Related: UCLA under review in House investigation of antisemitism on campus]

The report states that institutions attempted to cite the First Amendment’s freedom of speech protections to justify inaction, but in many cases, hateful speech and conduct targeting the Jewish community were enabled. The report also said its authors believe that without congressional interference and pressure from the public, higher education institutions would likely have done even less to address campus antisemitism.

In detailing the findings, the report concludes that there is a hostile environment for Jewish students on university campuses that is likely in violation of Title VI, which protects students attending federally funded institutions from discrimination based on ancestry, ethnic characteristics, citizenship and residency. It added that the Department of Education has not sufficiently held institutions accountable.

Although investigative findings provide evidence for disparate treatment under Title VI, there are no current conclusive judgments on violations, the report said.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson announced an expansion of the committee’s investigation April 30, stating that it will include five additional House committees. The larger investigation will build upon this report in future findings, the report said.

“The Committee’s findings indicate the need for a fundamental reassessment of federal support for postsecondary institutions that have failed to meet their obligations to protect Jewish students, faculty and staff, and to maintain a safe and uninterrupted learning environment for all students,” the report concluded.