After the holidays, when Congress prepares to reauthorize Title VI of the Higher Education Act, legislators should take a cold, hard look at the case of UCLA’s Center for Near East Studies (CNES), a recipient of millions of dollars of…
read moreWhenever criticism is leveled at federal funding for area studies in universities—especially those bias-laden, error-prone Middle East centers—someone jumps up to claim that this funding is crucial to the national interest. Now it’s the turn of Nathan Brown, a political…
read moreToday a coalition of national organizations, including Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) , issued the following statement concerning the issue of biased and highly politicized Middle East Studies programs funded under HEA Title VI. The statement addresses…
read more“There is an essential paradox at the heart of the current resurgence of campus anti-Semitism. Universities should be centers of reason and tolerance, yet in the United States, they are the main source of anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism. “There are many ways…
read moreGoing to college has always been and continues to be about more than just getting an education and moving on into the workforce. Going to college is about having fun and growing both academically as well as socially. But how…
read moreChancellor Charles B. ReedCalifornia State University Chancellor’s Office401 Golden ShoreLong Beach, CA 90802-4210 SUBJECT: Biased actions and writings of CSUN Provost and Interim President Harry Hellenbrand Dear Chancellor Reed: We members of the Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace…
read moreWisdom is often found at the Aristotelian mean. In the debate over campus anti-Semitism, alarmists are too often pitted against quietists. The former see danger behind every corner, while the latter don’t see it until it is too late. In…
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