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The Nation on MSNCUNY Faculty Are Still Determined to Hire Palestinian Studies ScholarsFaculty at Hunter College submitted a revised job listing after Governor Hochul told the school to remove one that used the terms “settler colonialism,” “genocide,” and “apartheid.”
Hunter College removed a job listing for a Palestinian Studies professor at the direction of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the university system has confirmed.
Governor Kathy Hochul has been accused of overreaching her authority in ordering the City University of New York to remove a Palestinian Studies job posting.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered CUNY to remove a Hunter College posting for a "Palestinian Studies" professorship that would have focused on topics like "apartheid" and "genocide."
Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the City University of New York to immediately shut down a “Palestinian Studies” professorship posting at Hunter College that critics argued promotes hateful instruction that demonizes Israel.
System leaders took down a job posting for a Palestinian studies professor at Governor Hochul’s insistence. Faculty say it’s an unprecedented breach of academic autonomy.
New York’s governor ordered a state school to remove a job posting for a Palestinian studies teaching position this week, saying she wanted to ensure “antisemitic theories” would not be taught.
A group of anti-Israel protesters shut down Gov. Kathy Hochul's press conference outside the City University of New York.
The language in the listing included terms — like “settler colonialism,” “apartheid” and “genocide” — that Jewish groups said were offensive when applied to Israel.
The social science and art and humanities job postings were removed from the public university system's website.
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