Yesterday three NYU colleagues were arrested supporting and observing a student protest. One of those colleagues is now being told that she may not be able to return to faculty housing.
Other colleagues have been declared personas non grata, and cannot come on campus for any reason, including teaching their classes.
This is anticipatory obedience and it is going to get worse.
As @historianess has pointed out, the "obey in advance" brigade is already out in full force at NYU. Three NYU faculty have been told that they are "persona non grata," which means that they cannot enter any university buildings, including their own classrooms and faculty housing. This is not only an assault on free speech, but it is a disturbing wave of anti-intellectualism that will only calcify.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/two-nyu-faculty-members-arrested-pro-palestine-protest
That kind of thing makes me wonder if a university's accreditation should be yanked.
Suddenly getting rid of faculty in the middle of a teaching term undermines their academic capacity.
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