Commentary: University should offer Middle Eastern Studies program - Oregon Daily Emerald - Opinion

Commentary: University should offer Middle Eastern Studies program - Oregon Daily Emerald - Opinion

'In a further disregard for Middle Eastern studies, the University has failed to develop a Middle Eastern Studies program, despite numerous requests from several student groups for one to be established. In fact, DeBevoise's repeated offer to help create such a program has been ignored. This apparent lack of interest from the political science department and the College of Arts and Sciences may soon result in a severely deficient political education system at this institution. Barring a major shift in this trajectory, within two years it may no longer be possible to get a valuable education in — or focus a degree on — Middle Eastern or North African politics at the University.'