Academic Freedom Media Review

Academic Freedom Media Review
May 22 – 28, 2010

Below is the weekly compilation of news articles addressing issues of academic freedom that is put together by Scholars at Risk.

MLA Pushes for End to Ideological Denials of Visas
Inside Higher Ed, 5/28

Groups protest Israel denying US student’s entry
Jeff Karoun, The Associated Press, 5/27

Virginia: University Objects to an Inquiry
Sindya N. Bhanoo, The New York Times, 5/27

Education: Academic freedom
The Guardian, 5/27

Speak out for the silenced
Sally Hunt, The Times Higher Education, 5/27

Middle East Studies Association alert
Roger M.A. Allen, MESA, 5/26
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A Mess at Michigan
Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed, 5/25

Spooked by spooks
The Economist, 5/23

Pro-Government Forces Attack Student Protesters at Tehran’s Azad U.
The Chronicle, 5/23

GLOBAL: From brain drain to brain growth
Diane Spencer, University World News, 5/23

Vetting Tariq Ramadan
Carlin Romano, The Chronicle, 5/23

Va. attorney general off to rocky start with state colleges
Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post, 5/23

Ordinarily I re-post the Academic Freedom Media Review every week, but I have not done so the past two weeks as I have been traveling and experiencing difficulty with internet connection. I apologize to anyone who has sought it out here.

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