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ADDRESSING COLLEGE EVENTS<\/b><\/p>\n

On May 2, President Biden offered remarks<\/a>\u00a0on recent events on college campuses.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve all seen the images, and they put to the test two fundamental American principles,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cThe first is the right to free speech and for people to peacefully assemble.\u00a0 The second is the rule of law.\u00a0 Both must be upheld.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn moments like this, there are always those who rush in to score political points, but this isn\u2019t a moment for politics,\u201d he continued.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a moment for clarity\u2026.\u00a0 Destroying property is not a peaceful protest.\u00a0 It\u2019s against the law.\u00a0 Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations — none of this is a peaceful protest.\u00a0 Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not peaceful protest\u2026.\u00a0 It\u2019s basically a matter of fairness.\u00a0 It\u2019s a matter of what\u2019s right.\u00a0 There\u2019s the right to protest but not the right to cause chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s be clear about this as well,\u201d the President concluded.\u00a0 \u201cThere should be no place on any campus, no place in America for antisemitism or threats of violence against Jewish students.\u00a0 There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether its antisemitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans\u2026.\u00a0 I understand people have strong feelings and deep convictions\u2026.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t mean anything goes.\u00a0 It needs to be done without violence, without destruction, without hate, and within the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

A day later (May 3), Secretary Cardona issued a\u00a0letter to all college and university presidents<\/a>\u00a0echoing the President\u2019s message.\u00a0 \u201cAs the 2023-24 school year comes to a close, I remain incredibly concerned about antisemitic hate directed at students on some campuses,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cAt the Department of Education, we are eager to provide further resources, training, and technical assistance to help you ensure that our nation\u2019s institutions of higher education foster a culture of safety and inclusion while fulfilling their obligations under federal civil rights law.\u201d\u00a0 (Note: Among the resources is a federal\u00a0Campus Safety Resource Guide<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And, on\u00a0Holocaust Remembrance Day<\/a>\u00a0(May 7), the Biden Administration announced\u00a0several new actions to counter the rise of antisemitism<\/a>.\u00a0 This included a\u00a0Dear Colleague Letter to schools districts and colleges<\/a>\u00a0from the Department\u2019s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) with examples of antisemitic discrimination, as well as other forms of hate, that could lead to investigations for violations of Title VI of the\u00a0Civil Rights Act of 1964<\/i>.\u00a0 In the last seven months, OCR has opened more than 100 investigations into complaints alleging discrimination based on\u00a0shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics.<\/a><\/div>\n
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PROGRESS: FAFSA IMPLEMENTATION<\/b><\/div>\n
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Early last week, the Department announced<\/a>\u00a0that it had completed reprocessing the\u00a02024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid<\/a>\u00a0(FAFSA\u00ae) forms impacted by known issues with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data, which should enable all institutions to package financial aid offers (electronic announcement<\/a>).\u00a0 It also announced changes to allow applicants and contributors without a Social Security number to immediately access and submit the online form (electronic announcement<\/a>).\u00a0 These actions coincide with an ongoing national outreach campaign to continue increasing completion rates; to date, the agency has processed some nine million FAFSA forms.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Department remains active in its outreach to students and contributors who need to make a correction to their 2024-25 FAFSA form.\u00a0 Corrections should only take a few minutes to complete.\u00a0 The following videos — in English and Spanish — walk students and contributors through the process.<\/p>\n