{"id":827,"date":"2025-03-11T11:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/?p=827"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T11:59:53","slug":"nyu-appoints-title-vi-coordinator-as-trump-cracks-down-on-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/nyu-appoints-title-vi-coordinator-as-trump-cracks-down-on-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NYU President Linda Mills announced the overdue appointment of the university\u2019s Title VI coordinator on Monday amid the Trump administration\u2019s recent crackdown on Columbia University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

David Krieger, who just wrapped up 13 years as a senior attorney for the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights, will oversee complaints relating to discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or religious affiliation. NYU spokesperson John Beckman said in a statement to WSN that Krieger was selected \u201cweeks ago,\u201d and that Monday was his first day working at the university. The role was initially slated for appointment by the end of 2024<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During his time at the Department of Education, Krieger <\/span>drafted letters to NYU leadership<\/span><\/a> accusing the university of cultivating a \u201chostile environment\u201d for Jewish students in 2020. NYU announced the creation of the Title VI coordinator position last July as part of a confidential settlement with three Jewish students, who accused the university of an alleged indifference toward incidents of antisemitism on campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In September 2020, Krieger was included as a point of contact in an Office for Civil Rights letter to former NYU President Andrew Hamilton. The letter referenced a complaint filed by a student at the university, arguing that it had discriminated against Jewish students. As a result, NYU <\/span>reached a settlement<\/span><\/a> with the Department of Education in which the university agreed to include discrimination \u201cbased on shared ancestry and ethnic characteristics,\u201d such as incidents of antisemitism, in its Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harrassment policies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Krieger has also been <\/span>featured on several panels<\/span><\/a> sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, a group that has <\/span>urged NYU to strengthen its approach<\/span><\/a> to suppressing pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. In October 2024, the ADL <\/span>commended the university<\/span><\/a> for \u201cthe actions and policies implemented\u201d by senior leadership \u201cto combat antisemitism on campus.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At an <\/span>ADL-sponsored panel in December<\/span><\/a>, Krieger said his work at the Office for Civil Rights entailed overseeing civil rights complaints made against higher education institutions. If a complaint is \u201cdeemed viable,\u201d he said that the office would work to withdraw federal funding from the respective institution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Krieger was also listed as a point of contact in <\/span>a letter to Hamilton April 2020<\/span><\/a> referencing a complaint filed by a student <\/span>alleginging sexual harassment<\/span><\/a> within the College of Dentistry. In 2021, Krieger <\/span>was listed in another letter to Hamilton<\/span><\/a> that referenced a student complaint accusing NYU of disability discrimination by imposing a housing surcharge on single dorms and dorms with kitchens, air conditioning and other amenities provided to accommodate the student\u2019s disability.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI very much look forward to serving as NYU\u2019s Title VI coordinator,\u201d Krieger said in an email to WSN.<\/p>\n

NYU <\/span>is one of 10 universities to be investigated<\/span><\/a> by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, which President Donald Trump formed last month to enforce his crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations and threats to deport \u201cforeign students and faculty who support Hamas\u201d amid Israel\u2019s war in Gaza. Since Friday, Columbia \u2014 another college targeted by the task force \u2014 has seen <\/span>$400 million in cuts to research funding<\/span><\/a>, and a graduate involved in organizing on-campus protests is <\/span>currently detained<\/span><\/a> by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement despite having a green card.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During Trump\u2019s first term, he <\/span>issued an executive order<\/span><\/a> mandating that all universities implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\u2019s definition of antisemitism, which includes \u201cthe targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.\u201d NYU <\/span>adopted the IHRA definition<\/span><\/a> following the 2020 lawsuit, and recently updated its student conduct guidelines to include \u201c<\/span>code words, like \u2018Zionist,\u2019<\/span><\/a>\u201d as examples of potentially discriminatory speech. Students and faculty have criticized the guidelines, arguing that they conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism <\/span>at the expense of academic freedom<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In its initial statement announcing the position, NYU said it was designed to parallel the role of the Title IX coordinator, who oversees complaints relating to discrimination on the basis of gender. In her universitywide email announcing Krieger\u2019s hire, Mills said he will be \u201cmeeting with the community\u201d over the course of his first few months, and that students interested in receiving support can reach out to the Office of Equal Opportunity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain steadfast in our attentiveness to educating our community about what constitutes discrimination and harassment,\u201d Mills said in her announcement. \u201cDavid, working alongside NYU students, faculty and staff, will help us accomplish this critical goal as a means to ensure our community remains free from hate in any of its forms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Update, March 11: This article was updated with a statement from a university spokesperson.<\/em><\/p>\n

Contact Dharma Niles and Yezen Saadah at news@nyunews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

This story NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia<\/a> appeared first on Washington Square News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NYU President Linda Mills announced the overdue appointment of the university\u2019s Title VI coordinator on Monday amid the Trump administration\u2019s recent crackdown on Columbia University.\u00a0 David Krieger, who just wrapped up 13 years as a senior attorney for the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights, will oversee complaints relating to discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or religious affiliation. NYU spokesperson John Beckman said in a statement to WSN that Krieger was selected \u201cweeks ago,\u201d and that Monday was his first day working at the university. The role was initially slated for appointment by the end of 2024.\u00a0 During his time at the Department of Education, Krieger drafted letters to NYU leadership accusing the university of cultivating a \u201chostile environment\u201d for Jewish students in 2020. NYU announced the creation of the Title VI coordinator position last July as part of a confidential settlement with three Jewish students, who accused the university of an alleged indifference toward incidents of antisemitism on campus.\u00a0 In September 2020, Krieger was included as a point of contact in an Office for Civil Rights letter to former NYU President Andrew Hamilton. The letter referenced a complaint filed by a student at the university, arguing that it had discriminated against Jewish students. As a result, NYU reached a settlement with the Department of Education in which the university agreed to include discrimination \u201cbased on shared ancestry and ethnic characteristics,\u201d such as incidents of antisemitism, in its Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harrassment policies. Krieger has also been featured on several panels sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, a group that has urged NYU to strengthen its approach to suppressing pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. In October 2024, the ADL commended the university for \u201cthe actions and policies implemented\u201d by senior leadership \u201cto combat antisemitism on campus.\u201d\u00a0 At an ADL-sponsored panel in December, Krieger said his work at the Office for Civil Rights entailed overseeing civil rights complaints made against higher education institutions. If a complaint is \u201cdeemed viable,\u201d he said that the office would work to withdraw federal funding from the respective institution.\u00a0 Krieger was also listed as a point of contact in a letter to Hamilton April 2020 referencing a complaint filed by a student alleginging sexual harassment within the College of Dentistry. In 2021, Krieger was listed in another letter to Hamilton that referenced a student complaint accusing NYU of disability discrimination by imposing a housing surcharge on single dorms and dorms with kitchens, air conditioning and other amenities provided to accommodate the student\u2019s disability. \u201cI very much look forward to serving as NYU\u2019s Title VI coordinator,\u201d Krieger said in an email to WSN. NYU is one of 10 universities to be investigated by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, which President Donald Trump formed last month to enforce his crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations and threats to deport \u201cforeign students and faculty who support Hamas\u201d amid Israel\u2019s war in Gaza. Since Friday, Columbia \u2014 another college targeted by the task force \u2014 has seen $400 million in cuts to research funding, and a graduate involved in organizing on-campus protests is currently detained by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement despite having a green card.\u00a0 During Trump\u2019s first term, he issued an executive order mandating that all universities implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\u2019s definition of antisemitism, which includes \u201cthe targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.\u201d NYU adopted the IHRA definition following the 2020 lawsuit, and recently updated its student conduct guidelines to include \u201ccode words, like \u2018Zionist,\u2019\u201d as examples of potentially discriminatory speech. Students and faculty have criticized the guidelines, arguing that they conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism at the expense of academic freedom.\u00a0 In its initial statement announcing the position, NYU said it was designed to parallel the role of the Title IX coordinator, who oversees complaints relating to discrimination on the basis of gender. In her universitywide email announcing Krieger\u2019s hire, Mills said he will be \u201cmeeting with the community\u201d over the course of his first few months, and that students interested in receiving support can reach out to the Office of Equal Opportunity.\u00a0 \u201cWe remain steadfast in our attentiveness to educating our community about what constitutes discrimination and harassment,\u201d Mills said in her announcement. \u201cDavid, working alongside NYU students, faculty and staff, will help us accomplish this critical goal as a means to ensure our community remains free from hate in any of its forms.\u201d Update, March 11: This article was updated with a statement from a university spokesperson. Contact Dharma Niles and Yezen Saadah at news@nyunews.com. This story NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia appeared first on Washington Square News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}