Academic Freedom
Campus Watch
"A pro-Israel think tank plans to start an Internet site," according to a 18 September 2002 article in The Wall Street Journal, "to monitor the attitudes of American professors and universities toward Islamic fundamentalism and the Arab-Israeli conflict." ("Pro-Israel Web Site To Monitor Views Of US Academia") "To be launched by the Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum," the article continued, "www.campus-watch.org will maintain what it calls 'dossiers' on professors and academic institutions and collect information from students regarding their teachers' political opinions."
Columbia University
In late 2004, claims of intimidation in the department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) of Columbia University hit newspapers around the world after an unreleased documentary, "Columbia Unbecoming", which purported to reveal incidences of intimidation and anti-Semitism in the classroom. The primary target of the organized campaign was Professor Joseph Massad. Columbia University ultimately formed an ad hoc committee to investigate, which released its report on 31 March 2005.
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