WASHINGTON—The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has enjoyed an increase in its national profile following a Dec. 5, 2023, hearing that eventually led to the resignations of two Ivy League presidents.

University President Minouche Shafik will soon attempt to do something no Ivy League president has ever done: testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about antisemitism—and keep her job.

Columbia College Student Council approved a referendum on Sunday to be sent to undergraduates in the college asking whether the University should divest from “companies and academic institutions that profit from or engage in the State of Israel’s acts of occupation, apartheid, and genocide.”

Eden Yadegar, GS/JTS ’25, president of the Columbia chapter of Students Supporting Israel, spoke on Thursday at a congressional roundtable about on-campus antisemitism organized by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Eden Yadegar, GS/JTS ’25, president of the Columbia chapter of Students Supporting Israel, will attend a congressional roundtable on Thursday about on-campus antisemitism organized by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

University President Minouche Shafik declined to testify at a Dec. 5 House Committee on Education & the Workforce hearing regarding on-campus antisemitism due to a scheduling conflict, a committee spokesperson confirmed to Spectator.

The University is creating a task force on antisemitism to “enhance our ability to address this ancient, but terribly resilient, form of hatred,” University President Minouche Shafik, Barnard President Laura Rosenbury, and Teachers College President Thomas Bailey announced in a Universitywide email on Wednesday.