The Brandeis Center reached a settlement with North Carolina State University (NCSU) through the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Right’s (OCR) early mediation process. The settlement arose from a complaint filed with OCR alleging that NC State violated Title VI when it failed to address a hostile environment resulting from multiple incidents of harassment of a student based on her shared Jewish ancestry.

In the face of a hostile anti-Semitic campus climate, the University demonstrated a willingness to change course and combat anti-Semitism by implementing its non-discrimination policy in accordance with Executive Order 13899 and North Carolina General Statutes (including the new North Carolina House Bill 942 known as the SHALOM Act) which refer to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (“IHRA”) definition and its contemporary examples for identifying and combating ant-Semitism.