List of Universities rejecting academic boycott of Israel (Update – 250!)

WILLIAM A. JACOBSON DEC 22, 2013 8:00 PM

The universities and colleges below are confirmed to reject the academic boycott of Israel passed by the American Studies Association.

This list is based on positions expressed by the Presidents of such Universities or others in a position to state a university’s position (e.g., communications staff). We are aware of no university in the U.S. endorsing the boycott.  See University statements rejecting academic boycott of Israel.  (Note added: For University Systems, we only list individual schools separately if there is a separate statement or some other individual agreement to the system statement, so this list significantly understates the number of universities rejecting the boycott.)

This is a list in progress and will be updated as more announcements/confirmations are made. If you have additions, please post in comments with source link or forward confirming emails to me.

Associations:

1. American Council on Education (1700+ Higher Ed Institutions)
2. Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (216 Universities and University Systems)
3. Association of American Universities (62 Universities)
4. American Association of University Professors (Approx. 48,000 members)
5. American Psychiatric Association
6. Middle East Studies Association (stands by 2005 rejection of academic boycotts)
7. Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
8. Maryland Independent College & University Association
9. The Royal Society (Britain)

Universities Rejecting Boycott

1. American University (D.C.)
2. Amherst College
3. Andrews University
4. Arizona State University
5. Auburn University
6. Bard College
7. Barnard College
8. Bates College
9. Birmingham Southern College
10. Boston University
11. Bowdoin College
12. Brandeis University
13. Brooklyn College, CUNY
14. Brown University
15. Bryn Mawr
16. The California State University System
17. California State University – Northridge
18. Capitol College (MD)
19. Carnegie-Mellon University
20. Case Western Reserve University
21. Catholic University
22. City University of New York
23. City University of New York – The Graduate Center
24. Clark University
25. Clemson University
26. Cleveland State University
27. Colby College
28. Colgate University
29. College of Charleston
30. College of the Holy Cross
31. College of Mount St. Joseph
32. College of New Jersey
33. College of William & Mary
34. College of Staten Island
35. Colorado College
36. Colorado State University
37. Columbia University
38. Connecticut College
39. Cornell University
40. Dartmouth College
41. DePaul University
42. Dickinson College
43. Drake University
44. Drexel University
45. Duke University
46. Eckerd College
47. Elon University
48. Emory University
49. Fairfield University
50. Fairleigh Dickinson University
51. Florida Atlantic University
52. Florida International University
53. Florida State University
54. Fordham University
55. Franklin & Marshall College
56. George Mason University
57. George Washington University
58. Georgetown University
59. Georgia Institute of Techology
60. Gettysburg College
61. Goucher College
62. Gratz College
63. Hamilton College
64. Harvard University
65. Haverford College
66. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
67. Hofstra University
68. Hood College (MD)
69. Hunter College
70. Indiana University
71. Iowa State University
72. Ithaca College
73. Johns Hopkins University
74. Kansas State University
75. Kean Universityof New Jersey
76. Kenyon College
77. Lafayette College
78. Lawrence University
79. Lehigh University
80. Liberty University
81. Louisiana State University System
82. Los Angeles Community College District
83. Louisiana Tech University
84. Loyola University Maryland
85. Maryland Institute College of Art
86. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
87. McDaniel College
88. Miami University – Ohio
89. Michigan State University
90. Middlebury College
91. Mississipi State University
92. Missouri University of Science and Technology
93. Montclair State University
94. Mount St. Mary’s University
95. Muhlenberg College
96. Ner Israel Rabbinical College (MD)
97. New Jersey City University
98. New Jersey Institute of Technology
99. New York Medical College
100. New York University
101. North Carolina State
102. Northern Arizona University
103. Northeastern University
104. Northeastern Illinois University
105. Northern Illinois University
106. Northwestern University
107. Notre Dame of Maryland University
108. Nova Southeastern University
109. Oberlin College
110. Occidental College
111. Ohio State University
112. Pennsylvania State University
113. Philadelphia University
114. Pomona College
115. Portland State University
116. Princeton University
117. Purdue University
118. Ramapo College
119. Regent University
120. Rhode Island College
121. Rice University
122. Richard Stockton College
123. Rider University
124. Rockefeller University
125. Roger Williams University
126. Rowan University of New Jersey
127. Rutgers University
128. St. John’s College (MD)
129. St. Lawrence University
130. St. Mary’s Seminary and University (MD)
131. San Francisco State University
132. Sarah Lawrence College
133. Sewanee: The University of the South
134. Seton Hall University
135. Simmons College
136. Skidmore College
137. Smith College
138. South Carolina State University
139. Southern Methodist University
140. Stanford University
141. State University of New York (SUNY) System
142. State University of New York – Buffalo
143. Syracuse University
144. Stevenson University
145. Swarthmore College
146. Temple University
147. Thomas Edison State College (NJ)
148. Touro College and University System
149. Towson University
150. Trinity College (CT)
151. Tufts University
152. Tulane University
153. Union College
154. University of Alabama System
155. University of Akron
156. University of Arizona
157. University of California System
158. University of California-Berkeley
159. University of California-Davis
160. University of California-Irvine
161. University of California – Los Angeles
162. University of New Hampsire
163. University of California – Riverside
164. University of California-San Diego
165. University of California – San Francisco
166. University of California – Santa Barbara
167. University of California – Santa Cruz
168. University of Central Florida
169. University of Chicago
170. University of Cincinnati
171. University of Colorado System
172. University of Colorado – Boulder
173. University of Connecticut
174. University of Delaware
175. University of Denver
176. University of Florida
177. University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents
178. University of Hartford
179. University of Houston
180. University of Hawaii – Mānoa
181. University of Illinois System
182. University of Illinois at Chicago
183. University of Illinois at Springfield
184. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
185. University of Iowa
186. University of Kansas
187. University of Kentucky
188. University of La Verne
189. University of Louisville
190. University of Maryland
191. University of Maryland – Baltimore County
192. University of Massachusetts – Amherst
193. University of Massachusetts – Boston
194. University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth
195. University of Massachuetts – Lowell
196. University of Massachusetts Medical School
197. University of Miami
198. University of Michigan
199. University of Minnesota
200. University of Mississippi
201. University of Missouri System
202. University of Missouri –  Columbia
203. University of Missouri – Kansas City
204. University of Missouri – St. Louis
205. University of Nebraska (all campuses)
206. University of New Mexico
207. University of Nevada – Las Vegas
208. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
209. University of North Dakota
210. University of Notre Dame
211. University of Oregon
212. University of Pennsylvania
213. University of Pittsburgh
214. University of Rhode Island
215. University of Rochester
216. University of South Carolina
217. University of South Dakota
218. University of South Florida
219. University of Southern California
220. University of Texas-Austin
221. University of Texas-Dallas
222. University of the Incarnate Word
223. University of Tulsa
224. University of Utah
225. University of Vermont
226. University of Virginia
227. University of Washington
228. University of Western Ontario
229. University of Wisconsin – Madison
230. Ursinus College
231. Utah State University
232. Vanderbilt University
233. Vassar College
234. Virginia Commonwealth University
235. Virginia Polytechnic University
236. Wake Forest University
237. Washington Adventist University
238. Washington College (MD)
239. Washington University in St. Louis
240. Wayne State University
241. Webster University
242. Wellesley College
243. Wesleyan University
244. West Virginia University
245. Western Kentucky University
246. William Paterson University
247. Willamette University
248. Williams College
249. Wright State University
250. Xavier University
251. Yale University
252. Yeshiva University

Termination of memberships – Many if not most Universities are leaving the decision to terminate Institutional Membership up to individual American Studies Departments. We can confirm that the following have terminated or will not renew membership:

1. Bard College (source)
2. Brandeis University
3. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
4. Indiana University
5. Kenyon College
6. Penn State Harrisburg
7. University of Texas-Dallas
8. University of Utah (source)(source)

Deny Membership – The following are listed by ASA as Institutional Members, but deny that they are in fact members (via email confirmations or external links):

1. Brown University
2. Carnegie-Mellon University
3. Hamilton College
4. Northwestern University
5. Temple University
6. Trinity College (CT)
7. Tufts University
8. University of Alabama (source)(source)
9. University of Mississippi (source)
10. University of Southern California
11. Willamette University

Miscellaneous

• Trinity College Profs issue letter rejecting anti-Israel academic boycott
• ASA-Awarded Scholars Denounce Israeli Boycott, Call For Revote (Text of Letter here)
• An Open Letter to the American Studies Association from Middlebury American Studies Program
• 134 House Members sign letter against academic boycott of Israel
• Statement of Elon University American Studies Department
• CUNY Faculty Senate Executive Committee opposes ASA’s Israeli university boycott and legislative threats to academic freedom
• Philadelphia City Council condemns anti-Israel academic boycott
• California Chapter of ASA refuses to apply anti-Israel academic boycott
• Progressive Academics Establish Council to Combat Academic Boycotts and Defend Academic Freedom

Contact information for many ASA Institutional Members is located in the comments at Reader crowdsourcing project to fight American Studies Assoc anti-Israel boycott.

The American Studies Association TAG is the link for all of our posts on the current boycott.

Thanks to Avi Mayer as a source for some of this list.

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