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Tag: Academic Freedom

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US Archaeologists Face Uncertain Future With Trump Administration Cuts

May 26, 2025Franz LidzComments Off on US Archaeologists Face Uncertain Future With Trump Administration Cuts

Federal layoffs and grant terminations threaten efforts to understand and preserve the nation’s past. “We are getting cut off at the knees,” said one archaeologist.

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In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.

May 23, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.

Beyond the shock for students, President Trump’s moves against higher education are being seen in China as a blow to one of the last admirable American institutions.

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In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.

May 23, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on In Attacks on Harvard, Chinese See Yet Another Reason to Write Off the U.S.

Beyond the shock for students, President Trump’s moves against higher education are being seen in China as a blow to one of the last admirable American institutions.

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UK University Gets Record Free Speech Fine Over Transgender Policy

March 26, 2025March 26, 2025Amelia NierenbergComments Off on UK University Gets Record Free Speech Fine Over Transgender Policy

A regulator penalized the school three years after a professor quit in response to what she said was a campaign of harassment over her views on transgender identity.

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As Trump Administration Cuts Funding, Researchers Turn to European Universities

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025CATHERINE PORTERComments Off on As Trump Administration Cuts Funding, Researchers Turn to European Universities

European universities have begun recruiting researchers who lost their jobs in the administration’s cost-cutting efforts, or are anxious over perceived threats to academic freedom.

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China Journalist, Dong Yuyu, Is Sentenced to Prison for Espionage

November 29, 2024November 29, 2024Vivian WangComments Off on China Journalist, Dong Yuyu, Is Sentenced to Prison for Espionage

Dong Yuyu, who has written articles critical of the Communist Party, was arrested in 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat.

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Zumba Teacher? ‘Anti-Woke’ Cleric? 38 Candidates Line Up to Head Oxford University

October 20, 2024MARK LANDLERComments Off on Zumba Teacher? ‘Anti-Woke’ Cleric? 38 Candidates Line Up to Head Oxford University

The role of chancellor at the University of Oxford has been around for 800 years. This year, a particularly broad range of people have applied.

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A Palestinian Professor Spoke Out Against the Gaza War. Israel Detained Her.

June 13, 2024Damien Cave and Rawan Sheikh AhmadComments Off on A Palestinian Professor Spoke Out Against the Gaza War. Israel Detained Her.

The investigation of Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian of Hebrew University has prompted a debate inside Israel about the repression of free speech and academic freedoms since the war began.

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A Palestinian Professor Spoke Out Against the Gaza War. Israel Detained Her.

June 12, 2024June 12, 2024Damien Cave and Rawan Sheikh AhmadComments Off on A Palestinian Professor Spoke Out Against the Gaza War. Israel Detained Her.

The investigation of Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian of Hebrew University has prompted a debate inside Israel about the repression of free speech and academic freedoms since the war began.

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Heating Up Culture Wars, France to Scour Universities for Ideas That ‘Corrupt Society’

February 18, 2021Norimitsu Onishi and Constant MéheutComments Off on Heating Up Culture Wars, France to Scour Universities for Ideas That ‘Corrupt Society’

The government announced an investigation into social science research, broadening attacks on what it sees as destabilizing American influences.

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