Harvard Releases Reports on Anti-Semitic, Anti-Muslim Biases on Campus, Pledges Reforms

The reports recommend reforms across academics, student life, and campus policies following tensions on campus after the start of the Israel–Hamas war in 2023.

Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Dec. 12, 2023. Brian Snyder/Reuters

Harvard University released two reports on April 29 detailing findings from its presidential task forces formed to address anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim bias, and tensions surrounding the Israel-Hamas war.

The reports—commissioned after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and subsequent campus protests—found that Jewish, Israeli, Zionist, Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and pro-Palestinian students all reported feeling marginalized or targeted over their identities and views. Some Jewish students said they hid religious symbols or avoided speaking Hebrew in public, while Muslim and Palestinian students said they felt judged, misrepresented, and unsupported.