International
This section provides a comparative and global perspective on academic freedom. It features collaborations with global academic networks, reports from international watchdogs, and cross-border issues like visa restrictions, academic boycotts, and strained partnerships, threats to syllabi etc. from across the globe.
The Danger of Silence When Academic Freedom Is Under Threat
Dominique J. Baker | 10 March 2026 | Inside Higher Ed
This Fall, Florida Students Will Be Forced to Take “Anti-Communist” Classes
Eleanor J. Bader | 10 March 2026 | Truthout
Trump Offered a Restrictive Deal to Universities That Almost All Rejected – but the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education May Not Be Entirely Dead
Fred Pincus | 06 March 2026 | The Conversation
Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own
Zachary Levenson | 06 March 2026 | Truthout
Harvard Apologises for ‘Hinduphobic’ Sanskrit Course Artwork, Deeply Regrets ‘Insensitive’ Image
28 February 2026 | The Times of India
Universities Told to Report Foreign Interference on Campus to MI5
Nathan Standley | 09 February 2026 | BBC
Just Not Monetizable’: Humanities Programs Face Existential Crisis at US Universities
Alice Speri | 20 January 2026 | The Guardian
There’s An Intensifying Kind of Threat to Academic Freedom – Watchful Students Serving as Informants
Austin Sarat | 14 January 2026 | The Conversation
Trump’s Next Plan for the US Education System: Lots and Lots of Rules
Bianca Quilantan | 04 January 2026 | Politico
Duke University Cut $299 Million through Buyouts, Building Closures in Response to Federal Cuts
Seyun Park | 30 December 2025 | AP News
Berkeley Suspends Lecturer for Pro-Palestinian Comments, Hunger Strike
Emma Whitford | 10 December 2025 | Inside Higher Ed
Birzeit University Slams Extensive Damage After Israeli Raid; More than 150 Students Held in Israeli Prisons
10 December 2025 | Middle East Monitor
College Faculty Are Under Pressure to Say and Do the Right Thing – The Stress Also Trickles Down to Students
Lee Ann Rawlins Williams | 22 October 2025 | The Conversation
Trump Offers Top Universities Funds If They Boost Conservative Ideas
Ed Pilkington | 02 October 2025 | The Guardian
International Students Left in Limbo by UCL after University Exceeds Visa Allocations
Richard Adams and Rachel Hall | 01 October 2025 | The Guardian
Cornell Cut Classes by a Pro-Palestinian Professor After an Israeli Student’s Discrimination Complaint
Gabe Levin | 29 September 2025 | The Nation
Northwestern Students Blocked from Enrollment After Refusing Controversial Antisemitism Training
Tom Perkins | 27 September 2025 | The Guardian
‘Fear and Hopelessness’: Study Finds One in Four Professors Consider Leaving US South
Olivia Empson | 23 September 2025 | The Guardian
‘It’s a Capitulation’: Berkeley Grieves as Its University Bends to Trump
Eric He, Will McCarthy | 20 September 2025 | Politico
UC Takes Heat for Sharing Student, Faculty Names with Trump Administration
Eric He | 16 September 2025 | Politico
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