This book documents the alarming rise in bigotry and bullying in the academy, using a range of evidence from first-hand accounts of intimidation of students by anti-Israel professors to anti-Semitic articles in student newspapers and marginalization of pro-Israel scholars. The UnCivil University exposes the unspoken world of double standards, bureaucratic paralysis, and abdication of leadership that not only allows but often supports a vocal minority of extremists on campus.
Co-published with the Institute for Jewish & Community Research.
Gary A. Tobin was president of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research (IJCR) and director of the Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University for fourteen years. His books include Jewish Perceptions of Anti-Semitism, Rabbis Talk about Intermarriage, and The Trouble with Textbooks. Aryeh Kaufmann Weinberg is a research associate at IJCR. Jenna Ferer is a former research associate at IJCR.
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction (Revised Edition) Chapter 4 1. Something Amiss in Higher Education Chapter 5 2. Defining the Civil University Chapter 6 3. The Emergence of the Uncivil University Chapter 7 4. The Persistent Prejudice Chapter 8 5. Ideology and Propaganda Chapter 9 6. Uncivil Politics and Campus Misconduct Chapter 10 7. Reclaiming the Civil University Chapter 11 8. Conclusion (Revised Edition) Chapter 12 The Uncivil University Illustrated