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.
SOAS Expels Student over Pro-Palestine Activism, First Such Case in a UK University
08 August 2025 | Maktoob Media
Former Vice Chancellor Dr. Kalimullah’s Arrest: Corruption Case or Criticism of Yunus-Government?
07 August 2025 | BD Digest
Russia’s Selective Openness Comes with Close Surveillance
Molnia | 06 August 2025 | University World News
‘They Do Not Teach us What We Need’: Inside the Expansion of Religious Schools for Girls across Afghanistan
Isobel Yeung and Mick Krever | 04 August 2025 | CNN World
Chinese Students at UK Universities Asked to Monitor Classmates, Report on Talks Critical of China: Report
04 August 2025 | The Indian Express
I Spent Decades at Columbia. I’m Withdrawing My Fall Course Due to Its Deal with Trump
Rashid Khalidi | 01 August 2025 | The Guardian
Hong Kong Public Universities Sign New Accountability Agreement Requiring Alignment with Xi’s Remarks
Kelly Ho | 30 July 2025 | Hong Kong Free Press
Antisemitism Training Designed by Pro-Israel Groups Is Becoming Compulsory at US Colleges. What’s in It?
Tom Perkins | 30 July 2025 | The Guardian
Edinburgh University Could Unadopt Antisemitism Definition after Report into Its Colonial Links
Harriet Sherwood and Severin Carrell | 27 July 2025 | The Guardian
Far Beyond Harvard, Conservative Efforts to Reshape Higher Education Are Gaining Steam
24 July 2025 | The Indian Express
Columbia University Students Expelled: Action over Anti-Israel Protests; Nearly 80 Punished
23 July 2025 | The Times of India
Revealed: Harvard Publisher Cancels Entire Journal Issue on Palestine Shortly Before Publication
Alice Speri | 22 July 2025 | The Guardian
Trump Proposes 90% Cut to Funding of Tribal Colleges
Nathan M Greenfield | 21 July 2025 | University World News
Trump’s ‘Gold Standard’ for Science Manufactures Doubt
David Michaels, Wendy Wagner | 20 July 2025 | The Atlantic
Leaders in India, Hungary and the US Are Using Appeals to Nostalgia and Nationalism to Attack Higher Education
Riyad A Shahjahan and Michalinos Zembylas | 18 July 2025 | The Conversation
Court Backs Arkansas Ban on Critical Race Theory, Cementing State Power over Curriculum
17 July 2025 | The Times of India
An Open Letter from the Presidents of Gaza Universities
Ayman Sobh, Omar Milad and Asad Asaad | 14 July 2025 | Al Jazeera
CUNY Suspends Student Activist Leader, Fires Four Faculty Members in Escalation of Repression Against Palestine Activism
Billie Estrine | 10 July 2025 | Mondoweiss
How Higher Education in the US Is Becoming Collateral in the Geopolitical Power Struggle
Lakshima Sareen | 10 July 2025 | The Times of India
Hungarian Researchers Push Back against Transfer of Humanities Institutes
Eleonora Francica | 09 July 2025 | Science Business
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