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.
Columbia University Pushes Back on Trump Deal in Dramatic Shift, Vows to Protect Independence
Sanjay Sharma | 16 April 2025 | The Times of India
Why Trump Is Relishing His Duel with Harvard and Other Elite Schools
Stephen Collinson | 16 April 2025 | CNN
‘What Did I Say in Class Today?’: Teachers Feel Watched Under Trump’s Anti-DEI Push
Leila Fadel, Arezou Rezvani, Taylor Haney, Kyle Gallego-Mackie | 10 April 2025 | NPR
White House May Seek Legally Binding Control over Columbia Through Consent Decree – Report
Lauren Gambino | 10 April 2025 | The Guardian
NIH Freezes Millions More in Funding for Columbia
Josh Moody, Ryan Quinn | 09 April 2025 | Inside Higher Ed
Trump Has Targeted These Universities. Why?
Alan Blinder | 09 April 2025 | The New York Times
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union Thought Giving in to Government Demands Would Save Their Independence
Iveta Silova | 09 April 2025 | The Conversation
Trump-Led Us Govt Freezes Funding for Cornell, Northwestern University in Latest Crackdown
09 April 2025 | The Indian Express
University of Haifa Cancels Screening of "No Other Land"
06 April 2025 | The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
Columbia University Adds 36 New Campus Patrol Officers with Powers of Arrest
Jonathan Allen | 06 April 2025 | Reuters
US to Freeze Brown University Grants, Calls for Restrictions at Harvard
Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh | 04 April 2025 | Reuters
Trump Administration Cancels US Grants of Princeton University in Crackdown on Ivy League Schools
02 April 2025 | The Indian Express
Yale Law School Fires Helyeh Doutaghi in Violation of Her Democratic Rights
Kevin Reed | 01 April 2025 | World Socialist Web Site
Who Actually Runs Columbia University?
Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock | 01 April 2025 | The Guradian
Trump Administration to Review Billions in Federal Funding to Harvard
Sanjana Karanth | 01 April 2025 | Huffington Post
‘Canary in the Coalmine of Totalitarianism’: How Columbia Went from a Home for Edward Said to a Punching Bag for Trump
Alice Sepri | 29 March 2025 | The Guardian
Columbia University President Resigns Amid Trump Crackdown
Max Matza | 29 March 2025 | BBC
US University Responds after India Today Report on Row over 'Hinduphobic' Course
Sharangee Dutta | 29 March 2025 | India Today
These Are the Students Targeted by Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Over Campus Activism
Miranda Jeyaretnam | 28 March 2025 | Time
75% of US Scientists who Answered Nature Poll Consider Leaving
Alexandra Witze | 27 March 2025 | Nature
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