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.
Tag: Academic Freedom
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.