UC Berkeley academic offered her students extra credit for going to pro-Palestinian protests and lobbying Congress about Gaza

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 12:36

A student protest about the war in Israel/Gaza takes place at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
AP Photo/Michael Liedtke

A UC Berkeley academic offered extra credit to students who attend a protest criticizing Israel.
The Ph.D. student said students could get the extra credit if they send her proof of attendance.
The university says the assignment has been "remedied" and students can go to any event they wish.

An academic at the University of California, Berkeley, offered students extra credit if they attended a protest criticizing Israel's "occupation" of Gaza or lobbied their local representative about the Palestinian territories, according to an email shared online.