Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s alma mater, Bowdoin School, bought a lowly “D” grade — and The New Faculty in New York Metropolis bought an embarrassing “F” — in The Anti-Defamation League’s third annual campus report card on combating antisemitism.
Mamdani honed his coverage and advocacy abilities at Bowdoin, a prestigious liberal arts school in Maine, the place he created a chapter of the controversial anti-Israel group College students for Justice in Palestine.
However the college, which prices a whopping almost $94,000 per yr, retains failing in terms of preventing antisemitism, in keeping with the ADL, which dropped Bowdoin’s grade to a D from a C in 2025.
The ADL flagged what it known as “hostile anti-Zionist teams” on the Brunswick campus. In February 2025, an anti-Israel encampment was established inside Bowdoin’s Scholar Middle constructing, with protesters calling for divestment from and boycotts of Israel, which the brand new Massive Apple mayor helps.
In New York, the New Faculty maintained its F streak for the third consecutive yr because the ADL cited a “degree of extreme antisemitic and anti-Zionist incidents” on the Greenwich Village campus in addition to “hostile anti-Zionist pupil teams.”
In November 2025, leaflets studying “Hillel Funds Genocide” have been distributed on the liberal arts college. Hillel is a Jewish pro-Israel pupil group.
However ADL cited stable enhancements at many different colleges, together with in New York:
- New York College jumped from a B in final yr’s report back to an A this yr.
- CUNY’s Baruch School and Brooklyn School additionally improved from a B in 2025 to an A this yr, as did Vassar School in Poughkeepsie.
- Barnard School improved from a D to a B, and affiliated Columbia College jumped from a lowly D to a gentleman’s C.
Some main State College of New York colleges obtained stable grades for having a protected setting for Jewish college students. SUNY Albany and Rockland Group School earned an A and Stony Brook, Binghamton and Buffalo obtained a B.
However total, most elite Ivy League colleges bought mediocre grades.
Cornell, Harvard, Princeton and Yale obtained a C grade.
The ADL stated the campus report playing cards on antisemitism spurred enchancment. Solely 23% of the reviewed faculties and universities obtained As and Bs in 2024.
That determine jumped from 41% with larger grades in 2025 to 58% in 2026.
Moreover, the grades of 47% of the 135 colleges graded in 2025 improved in 2026.
“The information confirms what we’ve stated from the beginning: sustaining a protected campus local weather is a matter of will,” stated ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
“Universities which have taken a complete method – reviewing insurance policies, clarifying expectations, and strengthening enforcement – are seeing significant progress. A few of the strongest positive factors are coming from establishments which have engaged deeply with our suggestions and translated them into lasting institutional apply, somewhat than symbolic commitments,” he stated.
Different colleges receiving F grades are California State College, Los Angeles; Evergreen State School in Olympia, Washington and Scripps School in Claremont, California.
Among the many different colleges receiving A grades embody John Hopkins U., College of Southern California and the College of Miami.
