List of Universities rejecting academic boycott of Israel (Update – 250!)

  • By William A. Jacobson
  • February 15, 2016
  • Source: LegalInsurrection.com
  • Originally published on 12/22/2013
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The universities and colleges below are confirmed to reject the academic boycott of Israel passed by the American Studies Association.

This list is based on positions expressed by the Presidents of such Universities or others in a position to state a university’s position (e.g., communications staff). We are aware of no university in the U.S. endorsing the boycott.  See University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel.  (Note added: For University Systems, we only list individual schools separately if there is a separate statement or some other individual agreement to the system statement, so this list significantly understates the number of universities rejecting the boycott.)

This is a list in progress and will be updated as more announcements/confirmations are made. If you have additions, please post in comments with source link or forward confirming emails to me.

Associations:

  1. American Council on Education (1700+ Higher Ed Institutions)
  2. Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (216 Universities and University Systems)
  3. Association of American Universities (62 Universities)
  4. American Association of University Professors (Approx. 48,000 members)
  5. American Psychiatric Association
  6. Middle East Studies Association (stands by 2005 rejection of academic boycotts)
  7. Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
  8. Maryland Independent College & University Association
  9. The Royal Society (Britain)

Universities Rejecting Boycott

  1. American University (D.C.)
  2. Amherst College
  3. Andrews University
  4. Arizona State University
  5. Auburn University
  6. Bard College
  7. Barnard College
  8. Bates College
  9. Birmingham Southern College
  10. Boston University
  11. Bowdoin College
  12. Brandeis University
  13. Brooklyn College, CUNY
  14. Brown University
  15. Bryn Mawr
  16. The California State University System
  17. California State University – Northridge
  18. Capitol College (MD)
  19. Carnegie-Mellon University
  20. Case Western Reserve University
  21. Catholic University
  22. City University of New York
  23. City University of New York – The Graduate Center
  24. Clark University
  25. Clemson University
  26. Cleveland State University
  27. Colby College
  28. Colgate University
  29. College of Charleston
  30. College of the Holy Cross
  31. College of Mount St. Joseph
  32. College of New Jersey
  33. College of William & Mary
  34. College of Staten Island
  35. Colorado College
  36. Colorado State University
  37. Columbia University
  38. Connecticut College
  39. Cornell University
  40. Dartmouth College
  41. DePaul University
  42. Dickinson College
  43. Drake University
  44. Drexel University
  45. Duke University
  46. Eckerd College
  47. Elon University
  48. Emory University
  49. Fairfield University
  50. Fairleigh Dickinson University
  51. Florida Atlantic University
  52. Florida International University
  53. Florida State University
  54. Fordham University
  55. Franklin & Marshall College
  56. George Mason University
  57. George Washington University
  58. Georgetown University
  59. Georgia Institute of Techology
  60. Gettysburg College
  61. Goucher College
  62. Gratz College
  63. Hamilton College
  64. Harvard University
  65. Haverford College
  66. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  67. Hofstra University
  68. Hood College (MD)
  69. Hunter College
  70. Indiana University
  71. Iowa State University
  72. Ithaca College
  73. Johns Hopkins University
  74. Kansas State University
  75. Kean Universityof New Jersey
  76. Kenyon College
  77. Lafayette College
  78. Lawrence University
  79. Lehigh University
  80. Liberty University
  81. Louisiana State University System
  82. Los Angeles Community College District
  83. Louisiana Tech University
  84. Loyola University Maryland
  85. Maryland Institute College of Art
  86. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  87. McDaniel College
  88. Miami University – Ohio
  89. Michigan State University
  90. Middlebury College
  91. Mississipi State University
  92. Missouri University of Science and Technology
  93. Montclair State University
  94. Mount St. Mary’s University
  95. Muhlenberg College
  96. Ner Israel Rabbinical College (MD)
  97. New Jersey City University
  98. New Jersey Institute of Technology
  99. New York Medical College
  100. New York University
  101. North Carolina State
  102. Northern Arizona University
  103. Northeastern University
  104. Northeastern Illinois University
  105. Northern Illinois University
  106. Northwestern University
  107. Notre Dame of Maryland University
  108. Nova Southeastern University
  109. Oberlin College
  110. Occidental College
  111. Ohio State University
  112. Pennsylvania State University
  113. Philadelphia University
  114. Pomona College
  115. Portland State University
  116. Princeton University
  117. Purdue University
  118. Ramapo College
  119. Regent University
  120. Rhode Island College
  121. Rice University
  122. Richard Stockton College
  123. Rider University
  124. Rockefeller University
  125. Roger Williams University
  126. Rowan University of New Jersey
  127. Rutgers University
  128. St. John’s College (MD)
  129. St. Lawrence University
  130. St. Mary’s Seminary and University (MD)
  131. San Francisco State University
  132. Sarah Lawrence College
  133. Sewanee: The University of the South
  134. Seton Hall University
  135. Simmons College
  136. Skidmore College
  137. Smith College
  138. South Carolina State University
  139. Southern Methodist University
  140. Stanford University
  141. State University of New York (SUNY) System
  142. State University of New York – Buffalo
  143. Syracuse University
  144. Stevenson University
  145. Swarthmore College
  146. Temple University
  147. Thomas Edison State College (NJ)
  148. Touro College and University System
  149. Towson University
  150. Trinity College (CT)
  151. Tufts University
  152. Tulane University
  153. Union College
  154. University of Alabama System
  155. University of Akron
  156. University of Arizona
  157. University of California System
  158. University of California-Berkeley
  159. University of California-Davis
  160. University of California-Irvine
  161. University of California – Los Angeles
  162. University of New Hampsire
  163. University of California – Riverside
  164. University of California-San Diego
  165. University of California – San Francisco
  166. University of California – Santa Barbara
  167. University of California – Santa Cruz
  168. University of Central Florida
  169. University of Chicago
  170. University of Cincinnati
  171. University of Colorado System
  172. University of Colorado – Boulder
  173. University of Connecticut
  174. University of Delaware
  175. University of Denver
  176. University of Florida
  177. University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents
  178. University of Hartford
  179. University of Houston
  180. University of Hawaii – Mānoa
  181. University of Illinois System
  182. University of Illinois at Chicago
  183. University of Illinois at Springfield
  184. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  185. University of Iowa
  186. University of Kansas
  187. University of Kentucky
  188. University of La Verne
  189. University of Louisville
  190. University of Maryland
  191. University of Maryland – Baltimore County
  192. University of Massachusetts – Amherst
  193. University of Massachusetts – Boston
  194. University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
  195. University of Massachuetts – Lowell
  196. University of Massachusetts Medical School
  197. University of Miami
  198. University of Michigan
  199. University of Minnesota
  200. University of Mississippi
  201. University of Missouri System
  202. University of Missouri –  Columbia
  203. University of Missouri – Kansas City
  204. University of Missouri – St. Louis
  205. University of Nebraska (all campuses)
  206. University of New Mexico
  207. University of Nevada – Las Vegas
  208. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
  209. University of North Dakota
  210. University of Notre Dame
  211. University of Oregon
  212. University of Pennsylvania
  213. University of Pittsburgh
  214. University of Rhode Island
  215. University of Rochester
  216. University of South Carolina
  217. University of South Dakota
  218. University of South Florida
  219. University of Southern California
  220. University of Texas-Austin
  221. University of Texas-Dallas
  222. University of the Incarnate Word
  223. University of Tulsa
  224. University of Utah
  225. University of Vermont
  226. University of Virginia
  227. University of Washington
  228. University of Western Ontario
  229. University of Wisconsin – Madison
  230. Ursinus College
  231. Utah State University
  232. Vanderbilt University
  233. Vassar College
  234. Virginia Commonwealth University
  235. Virginia Polytechnic University
  236. Wake Forest University
  237. Washington Adventist University
  238. Washington College (MD)
  239. Washington University in St. Louis
  240. Wayne State University
  241. Webster University
  242. Wellesley College
  243. Wesleyan University
  244. West Virginia University
  245. Western Kentucky University
  246. William Paterson University
  247. Willamette University
  248. Williams College
  249. Wright State University
  250. Xavier University
  251. Yale University
  252. Yeshiva University

Termination of memberships – Many if not most Universities are leaving the decision to terminate Institutional Membership up to individual American Studies Departments. We can confirm that the following have terminated or will not renew membership:

  1. Bard College (source)
  2. Brandeis University
  3. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
  4. Indiana University
  5. Kenyon College
  6. Penn State Harrisburg
  7. University of Texas-Dallas
  8. University of Utah (source)(source)

Deny Membership – The following are listed by ASA as Institutional Members, but deny that they are in fact members (via email confirmations or external links):

  1. Brown University
  2. Carnegie-Mellon University
  3. Hamilton College
  4. Northwestern University
  5. Temple University
  6. Trinity College (CT)
  7. Tufts University
  8. University of Alabama (source)(source)
  9. University of Mississippi (source)
  10. University of Southern California
  11. Willamette University

Miscellaneous

Contact information for many ASA Institutional Members is located in the comments at Reader crowdsourcing project to fight American Studies Assoc anti-Israel boycott.

The American Studies Association TAG is the link for all of our posts on the current boycott.

Thanks to Avi Mayer as a source for some of this list.

(Featured Image – Jerusalem Shrine of the Book, home of Dead Sea Scrolls)

List of Universities rejecting academic boycott of Israel (Update – 250!)

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