CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez sought to avoid the fate of some of his Ivy League counterparts last year when he appeared Tuesday before the congressional committee on antisemitism.

The heads of three universities, including the chancellor of CUNY, were grilled in Washington on Tuesday. They're accused of not taking action against antisemitism on campus. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin has more on the heated congressional hearing.

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday accused university leaders of enabling antisemitism through weak enforcement, ideological bias, and foreign funding, charges educators forcefully rejected in a heated House hearing that exposed deep divisions over campus speech and Jewish student safety.

Leaders from Georgetown, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley, said they are working to protect Jewish students but also free speech on their campuses.

Rep. Elise Stefanik confronts CUNY chancellor over antisemitism response, including connections to Mahmoud Khalil's legal defense fund.

The Department of Education has notified at least 60 universities they are under investigation for antisemitic discrimination and harassment. Some Republican lawmakers are blaming certain faculty