The president of Stanford University issued an apology this week for school policies that intentionally limited Jewish student admissions in the 1950s and dismissed or denied concerns about its anti-Semitic practices for years.
A university-commissioned task force confirmed "appalling anti-Semitic activity" by the university in its 1950s admission practices that led to reduced enrollment of Jewish students, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne wrote in a letter addressed to the community on Wednesday,
He called it "an ugly component" of the university's history.
