Israel Matzav

Columbia by the Canyon

Right wing students are afraid to express their opinions in courses at Tel Aviv University (ironically, this story was originally published in Haaretz, Israel's Hebrew 'Palestinian' daily).

An internal memo, revealed by the Haaretz newspaper, shows that right wing students studying at Tel Aviv University are afraid to voice their opinions. According to an internal memo sent by Prof. Nira Hativa, responsible for the assessment of teaching at the university, feedback received from students shows that many of them are afraid to express right wing opinions as they fear this will hurt their grades.

According to the memo: "There are quite a few students of professors (with left-wing opinions) who have complained bitterly, that they are very hurt by the presentation of material contrary to their beliefs but are afraid to express their opinions lest it hurt their grades or in other ways that the lecturers can affect them.”

Perhaps the David Project needs to open a branch in Tel Aviv (yes, the poster came from the Tel Aviv University web site).

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:20 AM