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i thought ben gurion university was in israel, not in china. this is actually a quite fascinating story, for all the wrong reasons. jim west brings us this story:

The Chronicle of Higer Ed Following a series of high-profile disputes over the political views expressed by its faculty members, Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba has amended its code of ethics to ban professors from expressing their personal politics in class or using the name of the university when engaging in political activity off campus, unless it is regarding the university itself, reports YNet News. “While airing political or religious opinions in public, as distinguished from specific professional opinions, faculty members will not make any use of the name of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,” says the new code. … Read More

So keep your views to yourself.  Especially if they conflict with official State policy.  Nothing says democracy like clamping down on Faculty.

HT: Zwinglius Redivivus

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