After Haifa veto, some call for Oliver’s resignation

In the wake of Pitzer President Melvin Oliver’s veto of the suspension of the Haifa study abroad program, some are calling for his ouster.

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Pitzer College Council schedules vote on suspending Israel study abroad program

After months of heated debate, the Pitzer College Council, a governance board comprising students and faculty, will vote at its March 14 meeting whether to suspend its study abroad program with Israel’s University of Haifa. While the Council’s vote is technically a recommendation to the president of the college, decisions

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Students, alumni seek to be more involved in debate over Pitzer motion to suspend University of Haifa program

Pitzer College students and alumni expressed concerns over the lack of transparency and procedural ambiguities of a controversial faculty motion to suspend a Pitzer study abroad partnership with the University of Haifa. The motion discussed by students and faculty at a Pitzer College Council meeting Nov. 26 was originally intended

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Pitzer president decries motion to suspend Israel study abroad program

Suspending Pitzer College’s study abroad program with the University of Haifa in Israel would be a “major blow” to the college, Pitzer President Melvin Oliver said in a Pitzer College Council meeting Nov. 29. The Council, a student and faculty governance board, is expected to vote on the motion at

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