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.
Donald Trump Signs Executive Order to Eliminate Education Department
21 March 2025 | Hindustan Times
Trump Order Threatens University Libraries, Museums
Kathryn Palmer | 20 March 2025 | Inside Higher Ed
Trump Has Turbocharged the Attacks on Free Speech at US Universities. I Have Seen It First-Hand
Sandy Tolan | 20 March 2025 | The Guardian
Rise of Data Empires Signals the End of Academic Autonomy
Chris R Glass and Gerardo Blanco | 19 March 2025 | University World News
Reprieve for Afghan Women Students Facing Forced Return after US Aid Cuts
Yogita Limaye | 19 March 2025 | BBC
French Scientist Denied US Entry after Phone Messages Critical of Trump Found
Robert Mackey | 19 March 2025 | The Guardian
Trump Is Seeking to Deport Another Academic Who Is legally in the Country, Lawsuit Says
Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein | 19 March 2025 | Politico
The US Government Has Sent Columbia University a Ransom Note
Sheldon Pollock | 19 March 2025 | The Guardian
A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil
Joseph Howley | 18 March 2025 | Literary Hub
Academic Freedom in America Needs to Be Defended. Here’s How
Jan-Werner Müller | 18 March 2025 | The Guardian
Trump Demands Unprecedented Control at Columbia, Alarming Scholars and Speech Groups
Collin Binkley and Jake Offenhartz | 15 March 2025 | Associated Press
Academic Freedom is Intertwined with Democracy – a Nobel Peace Prize Could Recognise This
Stéphanie Balme | 15 March 2025 | Scroll
Big Cuts at the Education Department’s Civil Rights Office will Affect Vulnerable Students for Years to Come
Erica Frankenberg and Maithreyi Gopalan | 14 March 2025 | The Conversation
Inside Trump’s Decimation of the Department of Education
Owen Dahlkamp | 14 March 2025 | The Nation.
The Trump Administration is an Existential Threat to Academic Freedom and Higher Education: Middle East Studies Assn.
Middle East Studies Association | 14 March 2025 | Informed Comment
Columbia Protests: US Arrests 2nd Palestinian Student, Revokes Visa of Indian Scholar
14 March 2025 | India Today
Columbia University Punishes Pro-Palestinian Protesters who Occupied Building
14 March 2025 | Hindustan Times
Jewish Protesters Flood Trump Tower Lobby to Demand Columbia University Activist's Release
13 March 2025 | VOA News
Is University Shared Governance on the Way Out? How State Legislators Are Shifting Power to Themselves
Jeffrey Adam Sachs | 13 March 2025 | Pen America
Yale University Suspends Law Scholar and Pro-Palestinian Activist Targeted by AI-Powered Zionist News Website
Kevin Reed | 12 March 2025 | World Socialist Web Site
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