Brown trustee resigns in protest over divestment vote

Brown College trustee Joseph Edelman stepped down abruptly on Sunday, expressing objections to a looming October vote during which the board will determine whether or not to divest endowment funds from 10 corporations profiting off the continued battle between Israel and Hamas. The professional-Palestinian pupil protesters driving the divestment marketing campaign at Brown and elsewhere argue…

State AGs warn Brown on divestment vote

Two dozen state attorneys basic have cautioned Brown College towards divesting from Israel forward of an October vote by the Board of Trustees, Bloomberg reported. Particularly, the 24 state regulation enforcement officers, all from Republican-controlled states, have warned that “adopting that proposal could require our states—and others— to terminate any present relationships with Brown and…

Brown reaches settlement on Title VI complaints

The Schooling Division’s Workplace for Civil Rights has settled with Brown College over the establishment’s dealing with of about 75 antisemitic or Islamophobic incidents reported between October 2023 and March 2024, the workplace introduced Monday. OCR criticized Brown for failing to finish investigations and, in some instances, abandoning complaints when the complainant didn’t reply to…