President Daniel Weiss and senior leadership oppose boycott.
Although Haverford College is not an institutional member of the American Studies Association, we write to express our opposition to their proposed boycott of Israeli academic institutions because such an action is antithetical to the full expression of academic freedom. We fully support the statement issued by the Executive Committee of the Association of American Universities in opposition to the boycott, which holds that“Efforts to address political issues, or to address restrictions on academic freedom, should not themselves infringe upon academic freedom.” We also acknowledge that individual members of our community have the right to their own opinions, including the right to support the actions of the ASA.
Daniel Weiss, President
Kimberly Benston, Provost
Martha Denney, Dean of the College
Chris Mills, Assistant Vice President for College Communications
Dick Wynn, Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer
