The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted to approve planning documents for its Fiscal Year 2026 Statutory Enforcement Report, "The Federal Response to the Rise in Antisemitism on American College and University Campuses." The investigation, led on a bipartisan basis by Commissioners Peter Kirsanow (R) and Mondaire Jones (D), will examine how the federal government responded to civil rights violations pertaining to Title VI, specifically allegations of antisemitism on college campuses.

This vote advances the Commission’s unanimous decision in January 2025 to undertake the investigation. The effort follows a bipartisan request from over two dozen Members of Congress, led by Representatives Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Kevin Kiley (R-CA), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

The investigation is set to begin on November 2025, with a public briefing at the Commission’s Washington, D.C. headquarters and will culminate in a final report by the end of Fiscal Year 2026.

More information on the briefing will be released in the coming weeks.

On August 19, 2025, the Ohio Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held its third panel of a series of public, web-based briefings to discuss the incidence and civil rights impact of antisemitism in Ohio. The study examined whether and how antisemitism is manifested in social, institutional, and political settings, and the broader implication of the phenomenon and related policy interventions for civil rights protections. The Committee heard testimony from community leaders, academic experts, advocates, and law enforcement officials representing a range of contemporary perspectives.

For more information about the briefings and to access the briefing materials click here.

The Colorado Advisory Committee is currently hosting a series of public online briefings to hear testimony examining the presence and/or absence of antisemitism at Colorado universities and colleges. Specifically, the Auraria Campus in Denver that hosts the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver, are being examined.

On August 20, 2025, the Committee held their second briefing and a community forum, where they heard from panelists that included experts examining First Amendment Rights and campus protests, advocacy organizations, and administrators representing the universities and colleges at the center of the Committee's inquiry.

On September 3, 2025, the Committee will host their third briefing:

Briefing 3: Student Organizations and Impacted Individuals

Date and Time: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 2:00 - 4:00 pm MT

Zoom Details: https://tinyurl.com/yp3dbb3p

To join by phone: 1-833-435-1820; Meeting ID: 161 151 3494#