Word: mealac
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Addressing allegations of anti-Semitism within the MEALAC department, the committee—a panel of five Columbia professors appointed by Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger—said it “found no evidence of any statements made by the faculty that could reasonably be construed as anti-Semitic...
...report made public last Thursday, the committee investigating charges of academic intimidation at Columbia University said it could identify only one instance of faculty misconduct in the university’s Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) department...
...page report comes in response to what has become a media and political fracas on the Columbia campus, which began after a group of students voiced concerns about the school’s MEALAC department to administrators last year. The debate intensified when the Boston-based David Project—a pro-Israel advocacy group—released a 40-minute film titled “Columbia Unbecoming” last fall. In the film, Columbia students allege that members of the MEALAC department intimidated them with anti-Israeli rhetoric on a series of occasions both...
...December, Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger appointed a “grievance” committee to investigate charges of intimidation across the university’s campus—not just within the MEALAC department. The committee has met with more than 50 students, professors, and administrators to date and expects to issue a report within two weeks...
Last month, Harvard’s Dershowitz visited Columbia and asserted that MEALAC professors are “encouraging the terrorists” in the Middle East. Dershowitz—an outspoken defender of Israel—said he would support the creation of another committee if Bollinger’s grievance committee reaches a “biased” result...