This spring,
UCLA
professor David Delgado Shorter was asked to remove a link from his website
that called for the boycott of Isreal. He was accused of advancing a
political agenda that was inappropriate in the classroom, though he argued the
link was one of many suggested links available in a “clearinghouse” of views
for students to peruse in his Tribal Worldviews course. In his class, he
discussed not only the boycott, but presented the views of those who oppose the
boycott.
Last week, the
UCLA faculty senate’s committee on academic freedom ruled that Shorter’s use of
the boycott link was not a violation of UCLA policy, according to the Los
Angeles Times. The policy allows faculty to present controversial material as
long as it is relevant to the course no student feels pressure to adopt a point
of view.
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