‘So Unimaginable and So Abhorrent’: Federal Judge Orders UCLA to Stop Aiding Activists Enforcing Jew-Free Zones on Campus: Zach Kessel, National Review, Aug. 14, 2024
The AAUP Abandons Academic Freedom: Cary Nelson, SPME, Aug. 13, 2024
The Boycott Against Israel Is Spreading into New Corners of Society: Anat Peled and Carrie Keller-Lynn, SPME, July 10, 2024
War College: How a Berkeley Professor Inspired and Engineered Anti-Israel Protests: Paul Sperry, Real Clear Investigations, June 19, 2024
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Embattled Columbia President Minouche Shafik Resigns Due to ‘Period of Turmoil’ After Anti-Israel Student Protests: Matthew Sedacca and Katherine Donlevy, NY Post, Aug. 14, 2024 — Embattled Columbia University president Minouche Shafik suddenly resigned from the elite institution Wednesday — and is escaping back to her home country.
Harvard Goes Only Halfway Toward Institutional Neutrality: Daniel Diermeier, WSJ, June 12, 2024 — Harvard University announced last week that it will no longer “issue official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the university’s core function” as an academic institution.
Mentally, Past 10 Months Have ‘Taken A Huge Toll,’ Jewish Students Say: David Swindle, JNS, Aug. 12, 2024 — Warren Weissbluth, a student at Rice University in Houston studying engineering and entrepreneurship, thinks of himself as “very much a fighter in nature.” At an airport in Greece, an Israeli woman, who noticed his Star of David necklace, asked if he was afraid to don it in public.
Boston Women’s College Responds to Article Noting Housing for Muslim, But Not Jewish, Students: Carim M. Smilk, JNS, Aug. 9, 2024 — One of the nation’s higher-ranked universities offers a variety of themed dormitories for multiple minority groups though nothing specific for its Jewish students, per Campus Reforms.
Tlaib’s Alma Mater Among Two New Schools Under Federal Title VI Probe: JNS, Aug. 13, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it is investigating Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., and Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich., for alleged discrimination based on “shared ancestry” under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
