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Maintaining the Boundary Between Politics and Academia
A lecturer at Stanford subjected Jewish students to humiliation in the classroom by asking them to stand based on their identity, blurring the line between politics and academia. This divisive behavior and the utilization of the academia for political purposes violates fundamental norms. It is crucial to uphold the clear distinction between politics and academic life as emphasized by Max Weber, as allowing activist professors to engage in politics in the classroom undermines the core functioning of a university.