Reports from various sources have shown that American universities hold partnerships with contacts in Middle Eastern countries. For example, security questions have been raised about Texas A&M's partnership with Qatar and NYU's connections to Abu Dhabi.
Zachary Marschall says his team at Campus Reform has learned that the University of Nebraska recently hosted a panel featuring a professor who helped co-found the Islamic University of Gaza, which is connected to Hamas.
"This is just another example of the ties that exist between American higher education institutions and entities in the Middle East that align themselves with Iran's access of terrorism," says Marschall.
It is more than "a few bad apples" and beyond infiltration.
"This is the result of a systemic relationship and institutionalized hatred that exists at universities because of these types of partnerships," the editor submits.
Leaders of American universities, he says, are openly trying to do two things: appear cosmopolitan and sophisticated and generate money. But in the process, "they are putting profit ahead of morality and ahead of American values."
Marschall says to a certain point, it is fine to go global and operate like a business. But when universities embrace elements of the global population and become friendly to Hamas, Hezbollah, or Iran, that is going too far.
