Summary
President of Columbia University who denounced the University and College Union’s 2007 vote to advance a boycott of Israeli academic institutions; his statement, endorsed by over 400 presidents in a New York Times ad Kenneth S. Stern coordinated, is printed in full at Appendix B of Stern’s testimony (Written Testimony of Kenneth S. Stern, PDF p.2, p.17).
Details
- Bollinger: the boycott idea is “utterly antithetical to the fundamental values of the academy, where we will not hold intellectual exchange hostage to the political disagreements of the moment” (PDF p.17).
- Columbia embraces Israeli scholars and universities regardless of divergent views on their governments’ policies, and should itself be added to the boycott list if the UCU pursues it (PDF p.17).
Related pages
Written Testimony of Kenneth S. Stern, University and College Union, Academic boycott, Academic freedom