Tagged: Education

UC Berkeley Reinstates Class on Palestine Following Outcry Over Its Suspension
Sam Levin, The Guardian

UC Berkeley Reinstates Class on Palestine Following Outcry Over Its Suspension

The University of California, Berkeley has reinstated a controversial course examining Palestine “through the lens of settler colonialism” after facing intense backlash that it was stifling academic freedom.

on September 19, 2016
Pro-Palestinian Group Vindicated of Anti-Semitism Charges After CUNY Probe
Sam Kestenbaum, The Forward

Pro-Palestinian Group Vindicated of Anti-Semitism Charges After CUNY Probe

An independent investigation has vindicated a pro-Palestinian group charged with fostering an anti-Semitic climate at the nation’s largest urban public university. Two lawyers hired by the City University of New York to investigate alleged instances of anti-Semitism...

on September 13, 2016
Birzeit Remains 1st in Palestine, Enters Top 50 Arab Universities in QS Rankings
International Middle East Media Center

Birzeit Remains 1st in Palestine, Enters Top 50 Arab Universities in QS Rankings

Birzeit University retains its title as Palestine’s best university, while rises eleven places to hurtle the 50th spot in the QS Quacquarelli Symonds’s rankings this year. The QS World University Rankings is an annual league table of the top universities in the world. This year’s rankings included 350 best universities — 50 more than the previous year.

on June 14, 2016
Israeli Forces Hold 100 Palestinian High School Students at Checkpoint in Yatta
Ma'an News Agency

Israeli Forces Hold 100 Palestinian High School Students at Checkpoint in Yatta

Israeli forces Thursday briefly held 100 Palestinian high school students for military security searches as they tried to leave the town of Yatta in the occupied West Bank to attend final exams, as the town remained sealed by Israeli forces following a deadly shooting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

on June 9, 2016
Israel Boycott Has Staying Power
Steven Salaita, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Israel Boycott Has Staying Power

The American Anthropological Association resolution pledging to honor the academic boycott of Israel just lost a membership vote by 2,423 to 2,384. The closeness of the tally illustrates how acutely the issue divides scholars inside and beyond the United States. It is also clear that academic boycott, and the broader boycott, divestment, and sanctions, or BDS, movement, is now established on campuses.

on June 8, 2016
High School Exams Kick Off in the West Bank and Gaza
Ma'an News Agency

High School Exams Kick Off in the West Bank and Gaza

Across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Saturday, approximately 78,000 Palestinian students sat down to begin the first step in a process that will likely determine their futures. Saturday marked the first session of the high school exams where students seek to obtain the General Secondary Certificate, or as it is known in Arabic: “Tawjihi."

on May 28, 2016
Poll: Almost Half of Israeli Jews Don’t Want Arabs Teaching Their Kids
The Jerusalem Post

Poll: Almost Half of Israeli Jews Don’t Want Arabs Teaching Their Kids

Nearly half of Israeli Jewish parents say they do not want Arab teachers instructing their children in school, a new poll conducted in Israel showed. According to the survey done by Ma'agar Mochot on behalf of the Gordon College of Education, the number is substantially higher among Jews who are more religiously observant.

on May 26, 2016
UN Needs $80 Million for Schools for Palestinian Refugees
ABC News/AP

UN Needs $80 Million for Schools for Palestinian Refugees

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees expressed hope Tuesday that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait will come up with $80 million to ensure that 500,000 boys and girls who are refugees can start the next school year on time in August. Last year, a $101 million shortfall in the budget of the agency, known as UNRWA, almost led to a delay in starting school.

on May 4, 2016
Israel Boycott Battle Heads to Court
Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed

Israel Boycott Battle Heads to Court

Four professors on Wednesday sued the American Studies Association, alleging that its boycott of Israeli universities violates Washington, D.C., law governing nonprofit corporations. The suit alleges that the academic boycott of Israel falls outside the scope of the ASA’s corporate charter and stated mission to promote the study of American culture.

on April 21, 2016
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