Barry Trachtenberg, Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History at Wake Forest University, writing in ACADEMIC BLOG: “The same authoritarianism that silences academic voices on Palestine and permits the ongoing genocide in Gaza to continue is now dismantling our institutions’ commitment to scholarly research, free inquiry, and education. We cannot separate these struggles—they are bound together in a single fight for justice, human dignity, and the right to exist without fear. When academic freedom is sacrificed for political and financial expediency, we lose not only our voice but the very foundation of the university as a space for critical inquiry and moral courage.” Read more here.
COMMENTARY: “When Academic Freedom is Lost, We Lose the Foundation of Higher Education as a Space for Critical Inquiry and Moral Courage”
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