Doing what they do best - teach mush minds to become debt slaves and ideological slaves to authoritarian regimes.
Middle East Studies Association Members Vote (80%) to Ratify BDS Resolution
https://bdsmovement.net/news/middle-east-studies-association-members-vote-80-ratify-bds-resolution
A fine observation. The desire for "Ideological slaves" is what joins together the Left in academia with Islam, reaching for the dream of the authoritarian state. For this is liberty detested by them both.