Facing the situation with sensibility
University score: B
Freedom of speech: C
FIRE free speech ranking: #124 out of 248 colleges
Dependence on Foreign Money: B
Duke has received about $1.5 million from Qatar and about $2 million from Saudi Arabia.
Campus Antisemitism: B
Anti Defamation League Campus Antisemitism report card grade: B
Inclusion of African-Americans: B
Percentage African-American of Undergraduates (2022): 9%.
Sexual violence: C
Incidence of on-campus rapes (2019-2021): 0.48 per 1,000 students
Federal investigations: No federal investigations on suspicion of Title VI violation or concealment of foreign gifts.
Campus Support for Terror: B
- Duke university was the site of several demonstrations after October 7, where protesters called for “global Intifada” (violence against Jews) and clamored for Palestine “from the river to the sea” (the destruction of Jews in Israel). Over 1,200 people in Israel were raped, tortured, killed and taken hostage by Hamas terrorists – among them at least 40 Americans.
- Duke community members held a vigil on the Bryan Center plaza to mourn the lives lost after Hamas militants launched a deadly surprise attack on Israel
- As in other universities across the united states duke has seen several demonstrations from both sides but compared to other universities in duke things didn’t escalate and turn into to a full blown crisis.
- Duke was quick to respond when a graffiti that says “from the river to the sea”(a call for the annihilation of jews between the jordan river and the mediterranean sea) was painted in the university.the University painted over the phrase stating that the phrase was “associated with an erasure of people and antisemitism.”
- On April 3, over 50 community members gathered on Abele Quad for a “Bring Them Home” rally calling for the release of Israeli hostages.
- The rally drew over 50 pro-Palestinian protesters who gathered on the other side of the quad. The counterprotest was “not registered with University administration” and included “outside individuals who were not approved to be on campus,” The counter-protest included chants such as “long live the intifada; intifada, intifada,”
- Since October 7, the University has made increased security available for Jewish spaces on campus, and the Middle East Studies Department has hosted various events related to Israel and Jewish life.
- Dozens of pro-Palestinian students at a US university commencement ceremony staged a walk-out ahead of a speech by renowned Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
- In 2019 the Government threatened to withhold federal grant money funding for Middle East studies program following suspicions that its curriculum exhibited anti-Jewish and anti-Christian bias
