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Universities must safeguard intellectual vitality
Andreas Hess, Irish Times, 2/10
Presidential duress: fears for Belarusian academic freedom
Colin Graham, Times Higher Education, 2/10
Travel Ban Extends to Family
Mihray Abdilim and Joshua Lipes, Radio Free Asia, 2/10
Faculty Group at U. of Puerto Rico Joins Students on Strike
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/10
The Beck-Piven Controversy
Peter Wood, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/10
Afghanistan’s Jalalabad university ‘hit by bomb attack’
BBC, 2/9
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Jennifer Medina, The New York Times, 2/9
Academic freedom is a touchstone of a democratic society
Ferdinand von Prondzynski, Irish Times, 2/8
Egypt’s youth ‘key to revival’
Declan Butler, Nature, 2/8
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110208/full/470147a.html
A Marriage Endures
Dan Berrett, Inside Higher Ed, 2/8
IRAN: Growing separation of genders in universities
Yojana Sharma and Shaya Raeis, University World News, 2/6
GLOBAL: The corruption of ethics in higher education
Stephen P. Heyneman, University World News, 2/6
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110204221811660
Myanmar Tribune editor freed, but Zarganar spends 50th birthday in prison
Reporters Without Borders, 2/4