Saudis Give Big to U.S. Colleges -Julia DuinSome say the sheer size of Saudi donations to Middle East studies departments amounts to buying influence and creating bastions of noncritical pro-Islamic scholarship within academia.
"[T]hese campuses aren't getting gifts, they're getting investments," said Clifford May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
"[T]hese campuses aren't getting gifts, they're getting investments," said Clifford May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
[A]t least 10 chaired professorships [are] currently funded by [the] Saudis at major universities. "With all the talk of the Israel lobby, no one talks about the Saudi lobby," said Winfield Myers, director of Campus Watch. "There is no counterweight to Saudi influence in American higher education."
(Washington Times)
(Washington Times)
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Just like with any grants and donations, if the University should be shown to be swayed from truth and impartiality, they should be censured and threatened with de-accreditation. This may be a particularly distressing special interest group, but this issue is hardly uncommon.
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