Most Middle East scholars say U.S. academia has lost its way since 9/11, survey finds

Commentary: Today’s Students Know Nothing About 9-11

Over the last quarter of a century, American universities have allowed their Middle East scholars to abandon any pretense of objectivity, exchanging the free and unfettered pursuit of ideas for an increasingly dogmatic worldview that praises and supports not America but its deadliest opponents and their murderous ideologies.

Most Middle East scholars say U.S. academia has lost its way since 9/11, survey finds

A new survey of 470 Middle East scholars finds that nearly three-quarters believe American academia is less equipped to pursue truth than it was at the time of the 9/11 attacks, while two-thirds lack confidence that their students understand the attacks and say American academia has provided cover for ideologies, regimes or groups hostile to the United States. The findings, released this week by the Association for the Study of the Middle East a…