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August 15, 2024

A Major Opponent of Academic Boycotts Has Changed Its Stance

The AAUP has created a new “right” for professors.

In 2006, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) took a firm stance against academic boycotts. The organization, which publishes a journal called Academic Freedom, has now reversed this decision and declared that “faculty members and students should be free” to boycott whomever they wish. Of course, then and now, it is boycotts of Israel that the AAUP has in mind. Cary Nelson writes:

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August 15, 2024

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