Twenty Five Years After 9/11, Two-Thirds of Middle East Studies Professors Say American Academia Has Since Generated Cover to Ideologies and Regimes Hostile for the U.S.

early Three Quarters Believe American Academia is Worse Equipped Today to Pursue Truth-Seeking and Unbiased Education; Two-Thirds Say Students Cannot Correctly Identify the Causes and Perpetrators of the 9/11 Attacks

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new survey conducted by the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001:

• Two-thirds (66%) of Middle East studies professors believe that scholarly academic work has generated cover for ideologies, groups, or regimes directly hostile to the United States.
• In addition, two-thirds (66%) of the professors asked do not believe that their students can correctly identify the causes or perpetrators of the attacks.
• As the survey shows, these responses are part of a larger decline in academic standards and practices, leading to increased ideological biases and diminishing adherence to free and unfettered research. An overwhelming majority of respondents, 71 percent, said that American academia is worse equipped today than it was 25 years ago to pursue truth-seeking as its central mission. This response holds across all fields, ranks, institution types or career lengths.

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