Dec 3, 2024 · Institutional neutrality policies might be difficult for colleges with unique missions, such as service academies or religiously-affiliated universities. But even though those …

Oct 10, 2024 · What is institutional neutrality, exactly? Generally, institutional neutrality calls for universities to, as institutions, show more restraint in issuing statements—or not issue them at …

In February 2024, we issued an open letter to college and university trustees and regents, urging them to adopt institutional neutrality policies on political and social issues that do not concern …

Sep 21, 2024 · Dozens of Universities Are Embracing ‘Institutional Neutrality’ — Will the Policy Do Any Good? Facing yet another year of chaotic anti-Israel protests, scores of colleges are …

Since then more than 120 universities have adopted policies of statement neutrality or institutional restraint, bringing the total to over 150 institutions. Below is a list institutions with known policies.

May 30, 2024 · Since Oct. 7, schools with institutional neutrality policies have made statements condemning Hamas and acknowledging students’ grief over lives lost in Israel and Gaza.

Feb 6, 2024 · Institutional neutrality—the practice by universities and their leaders of not taking positions on political matters unconnected to the functioning of the university—is essential to …

By the end of 2024, at least 148 institutions—serving a total of roughly 2.6 million students—had adopted a policy of institutional statement neutrality. We tracked institutional statement …

Student protests against the war in Vietnam prompted college and university administrators to assert institutional neutrality as a way of refusing student demands and of characterizing those …

Feb 21, 2025 · Most adopted an institutional neutrality policy in 2024 after Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, including Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania, two …