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U.S. Campus Adoption of the Working Definition

The following colleges’ and universities’ student governments have passed legislation endorsing the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism (as of May 2021)*: 

  1. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (September 2020)
  2. Brooklyn College, New York, NY (November 2020)
  3. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA (April 2021)
  4. California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Los Angeles, CA (December 2020)
  5. Chapman University, Orange, CA (May 2017)
  6. City College of New York, New York, NY (November 2020) 
  7. East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (February 2017) 
  8. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (July 2020)
  9. Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA (October 2020)
  10. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (December 2018)
  11. Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA (March 2021)
  12. Northeastern University, Boston, MA (November 2020)
  13. Pace University, New York, NY (October 2020)
  14. Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA (April 2021)
  15. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (April 2017)
  16. St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY (November 2020)
  17. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (February 2019)
  18. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (March 2021)
  19. Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (September 2020)
  20. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (March 2015) 
  21. University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA (February 2021)
  22. University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (February 2021)
  23. University of Georgia, Athens, GA (January 2021)
  24. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (May 2021)
  25. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (March 2021)
  26. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN (April 2021)
  27. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (March 2021)
  28. University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (April 2021)
  29. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI (September 2017)
  30. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (December 2018)

*In some cases, endorsement refers to an earlier or similar definition of antisemitism adopted by the US Department of State

 

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