A UC Santa Barbara student previously filed a Civil Rights Act violation complaint against the university in 2024 after experiencing antisemitic harassment.
Part of the investigation will look into whether there has been a pattern of discriminatory employment practices.
According to the three Jewish groups that filed the lawsuit, the resolution represents a victory for both the Jewish community and students’ education.
The Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights claimed the universities were 'engaged in different treatment of students based on actual or perceived national origin.'
Oakland resident Casey Robert Goonan allegedly was involved in the arson against a UCPD vehicle, bushes near a library, a construction site, and a campus building.
The Los Angeles Times reported a number of graduates wore keffiyeh scarves, which have become a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians, at the Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Union leaders have said a major impetus for the strike was the arrest of 210 people, including campus-employed grad students.
The expanding work stoppage marks the first union-backed protest in solidarity with the recent wave of student-led demonstrations on dozens of US campuses against the war in Gaza.
Masked assailants, later described by university officials as "instigators," stormed the camp with clubs and poles, a skirmish between the two sides ensued until broken up by police.
On February 27, "Zionists not welcome," was found scrawled on the door of a dorm room with an arrow pointing to a mezuzah, a religious item traditionally placed on every door frame in a Jewish home.
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