Clashes on university campuses, and administrators’ failures when dealing with them, have triggered actions by some governments meant to limit what universities and their students can say and do.
Tag: Academic Freedom
The U.S. Says Britain Is Chilling Free Speech. Many Britons Point the Finger Back.
To some in the U.K., the criticisms from the American right over arrests of people for hate speech seem hypocritical, given President Trump’s attacks on those who disagree with him.
Top American Academics Flock to Toronto as Trump Threatens U.S. Colleges
The University of Toronto has attracted several U.S. professors amid turmoil between American higher-education institutions and the Trump administration.
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
Trump Pushes to Restrict Harvard’s International Students From Entering U.S.
The university called it “yet another illegal retaliatory step” from an administration that has sought ways to circumnavigate the courts in its push to bar foreign students.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.