by jpitney | Dec 12, 2023 | Civic Education, Higher Education
Civic Thought: A Proposal for University-Level Civic Education b Benjamin Storey & Jenna Silber Storey at the American Enterprise Institute There is widespread, bipartisan concern that American universities are not adequately preparing students for citizenship....
by jpitney | Dec 7, 2023 | Higher Education
Katherine Knott at Inside Higher Ed: The failure of three college presidents to clearly say Tuesday that calling for the genocide of Jewish people violated their campus policies quickly went viral on social media—galling alumni, free speech experts and advocates in...
by jpitney | Dec 3, 2023 | Higher Education, Israel, Terrorism
From ADL: To better understand the current state of the campus climate for Jewish students, the ADL Center for Antisemitism Research (CAR), Hillel International, and College Pulse conducted a longitudinal survey of American college students before and after the Hamas...
by jpitney | Oct 31, 2023 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams at The Messenger: While many students want to condemn the violence and speak out against Hamas, or talk about the real troubles faced by the Palestinians, they are afraid of administrators, of being “canceled” or harmed. Student groups like Students...
by jpitney | Oct 28, 2023 | Higher Education, Israel, Protest
From the Anti-Defamation League: On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, students at more than 100 U.S. college campuses staged walkouts demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel and that their institutions divest from weapons companies allegedly involved with Israel. The...
by jpitney | Oct 9, 2023 | Foreign Policy, Higher Education, Israel
Jewish News Service: Jews for Liberation is one of dozens of Harvard student group signatories to a joint statement of Harvard “Palestine solidarity groups on the situation in Palestine.” “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely...
