Duke-UNC Vs. DOE: Riding a Wave of Mutual Antagonism

Since the trade publication Inside Higher Ed revealed on Sept. 17 that the Department of Education’s Robert King, assistant secretary for postsecondary education, warned the Duke/UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies (CMES) that most of its activities supported with Title VI funds “are unauthorized” and that it “may not qualify as an eligible national resource center,” journalists and professors have tripped over themselves in their rush to condemn the Department of Education’s (DOE) effrontery. Publications from student newspapers to the New York Times have spun the letter as a threat to academe’s sacrosanct commitment to freedom for professors with approved opinions and pure hearts.

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Winfield Myers

Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.