Academic Associations Face Critique for Political Statements
Jessica Blake | 27 August 2024 | Inside Higher Ed
In May, after months of debate, the American Sociological Association passed a resolution calling for “an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza,” joining the chorus of academic associations taking a stand on the Israel-Hamas war.
According to a new study from the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, that was hardly a surprising position; 81 percent of scholarly societies have issued at least one official statement on one of five subjects—race, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, immigration or climate change—which “almost uniformly reflect progressive orthodoxy,” the report noted…