Mistake
From Insider Higher Ed 4-16-12
A professor’s use of a class website at the University of California at (sic) Los Angeles to promote a boycott of Israel has led to a protest and a subsequent finding by the university that his actions were inappropriate, and has raised questions about academic freedom and its interpretation. The AMCHA Initiative, a California group that focuses on actions it views as anti-Israel, complained to the university in March after it found out about the links that were used last quarter on the official class website of David Shorter, an associate professor in the department of World Arts and Culture/Dance for his course, “Tribal Worldviews.” Last week, Andrew Leuchter, the chair of UCLA’s Academic Senate and a professor of psychiatry and bio-behavioral sciences, said in an e-mail to AMCHA that the professor’s actions were inappropriate. “At my request, Professor Shorter’s department chair counseled him that posting of such materials is not appropriate. Professor Shorter’s chair assures me that he understands his serious error in judgment and has said that he will not make this mistake again,” the e-mail said…