Harvard's president has posted a statement regarding the British boycott of Israeli academics.
...Such a move subverts the academic values and freedoms necessary to the free flow of ideas that are the lifeblood of universities and, ultimately, that of the societies and world we serve.
Well said. Concise, eloquent, and correct.
Finally, while I am most comfortable expressing my views on such matters directly in my own words as opposed to signing group statements or petitions, I obviously join many colleagues throughout the international academic community in denouncing...
Less well said. Joining a petition is a great democratic act, something a university president should feel proud to partake in (when appropriate), rather than stand apart or above. Faust's words would have drawn more attention if they were joined with those of many other insitutions....
Was it perhaps that the petition featured Lee Bollinger most prominently, and Harvard's president could not afford to look subordinate in any context?
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