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A Curricular Clash at MIT: How a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rattled a department. (hcommons.social)
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A Curricular Clash at MIT: How a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rattled a department.
(The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2024-10-15)

https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-curricular-clash-at-mit
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Beyond paywall but yet suggestive.

“… Michel DeGraff submitted a request to teach a course about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“In the 10 months since then, the professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been locked in a near-constant feud with his department head and colleagues...”

“DeGraff’s colleagues argue that the course — which would analyze the language used in conversations surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — doesn’t align with the department’s curriculum and that DeGraff lacks the necessary expertise to teach it. DeGraff believes the rejection is actually rooted in his pro-Palestinian advocacy on campus and social media…”

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