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.
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
UC Berkeley Names 160 Staff and Faculty to Trump Administration as Part of Antisemitism Investigation
Josh Marcus | 14 September 2025 | The Independent
Universities Worldwide Cut Ties with Israeli Academia over Gaza War: Report
13 September 2025 | The New Indian Express
‘Act immediately’: Over 4,000 Scientists, Including Nobel Laureates, Issue Statement Urging to ‘Halt Tragedy’ in Gaza
Abhinaya Harigovind | 05 September 2025 | The Indian Express
The Israel-Hamas War Is Killing Academic Freedom
Katharina Galor and Noga Wolff | 05 September 2025 | Times Higher Education
Israel's Actions in Gaza Meet Legal Definition of Genocide: Genocide Scholars' Association
01 September 2025 | The Wire
Why Academic Metrics May Undermine Academic Freedom
Aikerim Bektemirova | 29 August 2025 | University World News
The Evangelical Capture of the Republican Party and Its Implications for Academia
David A. Hollinger | 28 August 2025 | Public Seminar
Chinese Scholar Feng Siyu Reportedly Jailed over Uyghur Research, Says Human Rights in China
27 August 2025 | ANI News
It’s Been More Than 50 Years Since the AAUP Revised Its Statement on Academic Freedom
Austin Sarat | 27 August 2025 | Inside Higher Ed
White House Threatens Sex Education Funds Unless States Nix References to Transgender People in Curriculums
Oliver Milman | 27 August 2025 | The Guardian
Minister Plays Citizenship Test Hardball with Universities
Jan Petter Myklebust | 26 August 2025 | University World News
If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?
Tyler Austin Harper | 26 August 2025 | The Atlantic
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