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Dear President Brown, I was surprised by the letter you are sending out in reference to the Sarah Ihmoud case. Given my experience with you during the years I taught at BU, and the integrity you showed in dealing with…
read moreWhen I first took up my teaching post in 1968, a bright undergraduate said to me, “North American culture is the most corrupt in the world.” I was rather shocked to hear this, having just returned from a year of…
read moreBoston University has been considering hiring an anti-Israel postdoctoral associate as a professor, reported Americans for Peace and Tolerance. While the school has yet to hire Sarah Ihmoud, the offer is “imminent,” according to APT. Ihmoud presented her paper, “Sexual Violence,…
read moreThere have been more than 100 incidents that have contributed to a hostile climate at Columbia University and its sister school, Barnard College, since the 2016-2017 academic year, according to a new report by Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF). The organization – an…
read moreAn unprecedented decision to cancel an academic conference that was scheduled to be held in Israel over fears of a backlash from the international boycott movement has been reversed. Read full article, click here.
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The university has stalled disciplinary action against five students who took part in a protestWikimedia Commons The Jamia Millia Islamia university has given in to the demand of protesting students and announced that it would not allow Israeli delegates to…
read moreHere’s an interesting thought experiment: If you were a professor in charge of a class on geopolitical strategy focusing on Iran, and a student wrote a paper analyzing gender roles in Iranian films, would you give the student a passing…
read moreNEW YORK — When Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad arrived at Columbia University on Wednesday, he was no doubt fully aware that his appearance had generated controversy. Major Jewish groups, including the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee, had condemned the…
read moreThe U.S. Department of Education blasted a joint Middle Eastern studies program between the University of North Carolina and Duke University for providing a biased curriculum to students. The department ordered UNC’s vice chancellor for research to provide an updated curriculum for…
read moreThe Department of Education accused the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies of inappropriate use of Title VI program funds in a letter scheduled to be published today in the Federal Register. The letter argues that many of the programs run by the consortium,…
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