Tag: Academic Freedom
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“CUNY Posts Modified Palestinian Studies Jobs After Gov’s Removal Order”
A third perspective from the Amsterdam News on the same Palestinian Studies job posting. This piece takes a different view, writing from the standpoint of academic freedom being interfered with by the state. The image shows a peaceful protest in favor of free speech and academic freedom. Read more.
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“Mayoral wannabe Zohran Mamdani joins other lefty pols in ripping CUNY for pulling ‘antisemitic’ job posting”
The post discusses the Palestinian Studies job posting in its typical bombastic style, accusing Hunter College of antisemitism and describing the very idea of Palestinian Studies as something that only the “far left” would advocate for, as it is offensive to the Israeli state. Read more.
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“CUNY Removes Palestinian Studies Job Listing on Hochul’s Orders”
Kathy Hochul ordered the removal of a Palestinian Studies job opening at Hunter College, caving to pressure from groups that claimed the very job posting was anti-Semitic. This is another example of area and ethnic studies being at the center of controversy. “The language in the listing included terms — like “settler colonialism,” “apartheid” and…
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“The Organizers Are Jewish. The Cause Is Palestinian. This College Won’t Be Hosting.”
This is the first report that I have found on an arts event at CUNY being cancelled – potentially for political reasons. Read more.
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“City College, Against Its Nature, Asks Police to End Campus Protest”
This piece reviews the history of protest at CCNY in light of the college’s response to anti-genocide protests on campus. While the connection to the humanities is less direct than in the 1960s, the people commenting are from humanities fields such as English and political science. This is a general pattern in the Times reporting…
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“Shellyne Rodriguez, Unhinged NYC college professor who cursed out anti-abortion students, holds machete to Post reporter’s neck”
Former Hunter College art professor Shellyne Rodriguez was the subject of near-constant Post reporting after an incident where she confronted anti-abortion students for spreading medical misinformation in a college common area. The scandal escalated when she confronted a reporter from the publication with a machete after they showed up at her residence. Beyond being verbally…
