Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Grade

C

Corrections Needed

Active Jewish Life
Recent Action Taken

Dartmouth College has about 400 undergraduate and 200 graduate Jewish students, who comprise 9% of the student body across both the undergraduate and graduate schools. Dartmouth has a Hillel and Chabad.

What’s Happening on Campus?

There have been a few antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents on campus in the last year. In late October 2023, two undergraduate students were arrested after encamping on a campus lawn, demanding several things, including the school’s divestment from Israel and the end of Dartmouth’s academic exchange with Israeli universities. While the students had peacefully protested for several days, school officials said the situation escalated when the students threatened “physical action.”

In late February 2024, a group of students began a hunger strike, demanding the College support a ceasefire, end its exchange programs with Israeli universities and drop charges against the two students arrested for trespassing during the earlier protest.

There have been other calls for divestment and for the school to disassociate from Israeli universities, and occasional incidents of swastikas found on campus.

University Policies and Responsive Action

The College authored a strong statement and hosted public forums in the immediate aftermath of the October 7 terrorist attack.

Criteria

Publicly Disclosed Administrative Actions and Policies i

Key
Publicly Disclosed Administrative Actions and Policies
This college completely fulfills the specified criteria.
This college partially fulfills the specified criteria.
This college does not fulfill the specific criteria.
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Antisemitism included in Code of Conduct and Policies
Clear process for reporting antisemitic incidents
Advisory council to address antisemitism
Clear religious accommodations policy
Mandatory antisemitism education for students and staff
Has an official position against BDS
Publicly condemns antisemitic incidents

Jewish Student Life on Campus i

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Jewish Life on Campus
This college completely fulfills the specified criteria.
This college partially fulfills the specified criteria.
This college does not fulfill the specific criteria.
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Active Hillel, Chabad, or other Jewish student organization
Jewish Greek life
Jewish studies program or class
Kosher dining
Interfaith initiatives on campus
School promotes awareness of Jewish holidays
Pro-Israel-related programming and activities
Rabbi/Jewish educator
Jewish Religious Services

Incidents i

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Incidents
The college has no recent reports of these issues.
The college experiences some of these issues.
The college experiences a lot of these issues.

*Incident levels reflect the number of incidents relative to the Jewish student population on campus.

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Severe antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents *
None
Other antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents *
High
Hostile anti-Zionist student government activity
None
Hostile anti-Zionist student groups
High
Antisemitic speakers or programs on campus
Low

400

Jewish Undergraduate
Population

8.80%

Jewish Undergraduate Percentage
of Total Student Population

200

Jewish Graduate
Population

9.10%

Jewish Graduate Percentage
of Total Student Population

Dartmouth College contributed information to our assessment.


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