University of Michigan: Faculty Views Can’t Affect Students
University of Michigan officials say they are working to ensure that faculty members’ political views won’t affect their responsibilities to students after two instructors decided not to recommend students for a study program in Israel.
The statement came a day after Naftali Bennett, Israeli Minister of Education and Minister of Diaspora Affairs, admonished university President Mark Schlissel in a letter over incidents described as “vitriolic hatred against” Israel.
The Ann Arbor school announced Tuesday that it has created a faculty panel to examine issues stemming from the incidents. A letter obtained by news outlets says the university also disciplined one instructor, professor John Cheney-Lippold, by denying him a raise this year and freezing his sabbatical eligibility for two years.
The school says it opposes academic boycotts of Israeli academic institutions.
It’s not clear whether the other instructor, a teaching assistant, will be disciplined.
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