Free Speech Isn’t Free—From Consequences
Sources
The Billionaire Donor Taking On His Alma Mater Over Antisemitism (Wall Street Journal)
FBI Investigates Anti-Palestinian Message at American University (Inside Higher Ed)
Harvard Student Groups Face Intense Backlash for Statement Calling Israel ‘Entirely Responsible’ for Hamas Attack (Harvard Crimson)
U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do? (NPR)
Online Statements Threaten Cornell’s Jewish Students (Inside Higher Ed)
Who Decides Penn’s Future: Donors or the University? (New York Times)
Letter to the Harvard Board (Wexner Foundation)
Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas (New York Times)
Harvard Student Groups Issued an Anti-Israel Statement. CEOs Want Them Blacklisted (CNN)
Students Losing Job Offers Over Palestinian Support (Newsweek)
An NYU Law Student Lost Their Post-grad Job Offer over Their Statement Blaming Israel for the Hamas Attacks, Firm Says (Business Insider)
Major US law firms call on law schools to condemn ‘antisemitism, Islamophobia’ (Reuters)
Jewish Schools to US Colleges: Don’t Recruit Students Unless You Can Guarantee Safety (Times of Israel)
Further Reading
After Antisemitic Attacks, Colleges Debate What Kind of Speech Is Out of Bounds (New York Times)
Instructor Removed from Class as Stanford, UC Berkeley Respond to Israel-Hamas War (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Cornell history professor apologized for calling Hamas’ attacks ‘exhilarating’ and ‘energizing.’ His actions are under review by the school (Business Insider)
Harvard student group members doxxed after Pro-Palestine letter (Axios)
What Do Universities Owe Their Donors? (Inside Higher Ed)
Heightened Security and Shouting Matches Animate Pro-Palestinian ‘Day of Resistance’ (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Anguished Fallout From a Pro-Palestinian Letter at Harvard (New Yorker)
NYU Law Students Say Classmate Losing Job Offer Over Pro-Hamas Statement Is ‘Violence’ (Washington Free Beacon)
Opinion: I’m a Jewish Columbia Professor. I Wouldn’t Allow my Children to Go Here Now (CNN)
What Is Happening on College Campuses Is Not Free Speech (NY Times)
Free Speech? Not on College Campuses. (American Spectator)
Is a New Campus Speech Initiative For Real? (The Martin Center)
Colleges struggle to balance free speech and student safety amid Israel-Hamas protests (GBH News)
Israel-Hamas war stirs free-speech battles at college campuses across US (USA Today)
To Speak at This University, You Must Agree Not to Boycott Israel (Chronicle of Higher Education)
How a Heated Q&A on Israel and Hamas Led to a Department Chair’s Resignation (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Fear and Anger Spread on Campuses as Protesters’ Rhetoric and Actions Escalate (Inside Higher Ed)
The Uses and Abuses of the Kalven Report (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Now Is the Time for Administrators to Embrace Neutrality (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Stop the Statement Wars (Inside Higher Education)
When Presidents Speak Out, They Encourage Students to Do the Same (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Support for the Hamas Reveals Two Truths: DEI is a Lie and Institutional Neutrality is Essential (NAS Minding the Campus)
Critics say diversity statements collide with merit and free speech. Should they be replaced? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
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Grievance Training (City Journal)
How DEI Inspires Jew Hatred (City Journal)
ACLU Urges Colleges Not to Investigate Pro-Palestine Student Groups (Inside Higher Ed)
Israel-Palestine: ACLU Defends Campus Free Speech in Letter to Over 650 Colleges (TeenVogue)
The ADL Is Defaming Palestinian Students as Terrorist Supporters (Nation)
US rights group urges colleges to protect free speech amid Israel-Gaza war (Al Jezeera)
A Deep Rift Over Israel Divides Columbia’s Faculty (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Columbia University’s Double Standard for Palestinian Protests (Nation)
Columbia Riven by Feud Over Statements and Doxing Truck (Inside Higher Ed)
Doxxing campaign against pro-Palestinian college students ramps up (ABC News)
Columbia Students Are Not Safe on Campus Amid ‘Pro-Terror’ Protests, Israeli Professor Warns (NY Sun)
Sides clash as UNC-Chapel Hill protest between pro-Palestine, pro-Israel groups turns heated (WRAL)
One of New York’s Most Vital Colleges Is Targeting Muslim Students (Nation)
Double Standards at Princeton (City Journal)
Harvard’s Double Standard on Free Speech (City Journal)
Calling Out Harvard’s President (National Review)
Harvard Is in Turmoil, Accused of ‘Losing Moral Compass,’ as Students, Big Donors, and Administrators Clash Over Student Groups’ Support for Hamas, President’s Equivocations (NY Sun)
“One of the Worst Weeks at Harvard I’ve Ever Experienced”: The Targeting of Campus Activists (Nation)
No, Vanderbilt Isn’t Governed By “Principled Neutrality” (The Martin Center)