Academic Freedom Media Review, October 23-29, 2010

Posted on October 30, 2010 by MikeT

Warning on Bologna
Hannah Fearn, Inside Higher Ed, 10/29

Iranian Scholar Accused of Acting against National Security
Network for Education and Academic Rights (NEAR), 10/28

Students say: new report recommending specialised universities would spell disaster for accessible education and academic choice
CNW, 10/27

Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of Svyatoslav Bobyshev and Yevgeny Afanasyev, Russian scholars held in pretrial detention since March
Scholars at Risk, 10/26

Continue reading →

Academic Freedom Media Review

Posted on October 24, 2010 by MikeT

October 16 – 22, 2010
Compiled by Scholars at Risk

The Scholars at Risk media review seeks to raise awareness about academic freedom issues in the news. Subscription information and archived media reviews are available at here. The views and opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Scholars at Risk.

——————————————————-

Tibetans Protest China’s Plan to Curb Language
Edward Wong, The New York Times, 10/22

Jailed Iranian Scholar Denies Charges in Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 10/21

Is affirmative action for men the answer to enrollment woes?
Carolyn Abraham and Kate Hammer, The Globe and Mail, 10/21

Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Ward Churchill’s Bid to Get His University Job Back
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/21

Continue reading →

Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Media Review

Posted on October 18, 2010 by MikeT

October 9 – 15, 2010

Arrest and mistreatment of US Professor of Anthropology
Network for Education & Academic Rights, 10/15

Call for Urgent Action for Detained Mechanical Engineering Professor Abdul Jalil Al-Singace of Bahrain
Scholars at Risk, 10/14

Research Contracts Sponsored by Big Oil Companies Fail to Protect Academic Interests
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/14

Continue reading →

Academic Freedom Media Review – October 2-8, 2010

Posted on October 10, 2010 by MikeT

Compiled by Scholars at Risk

Iranian Human Rights Lawyer On Hunger Strike
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 10/8

Nobel Peace Prize Given to Jailed Chinese Dissident
Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times, 10/8

Blogger Abdeljalil Al-Singace mistreated in detention, concern over condition
Reporters Without Borders, 10/7

Academic urges end to bullying
Bangkok Post, 10/7

Columbia launches Palestinian center
Joseph Picard, International Business Times, 10/6

U. of I. faculty members, students may ask trustees to reconsider William Ayers
Jodi S. Cohen, The Chicago Tribune, 10/5

Continue reading →

Academic Freedom Media Review, September 25-October 1, 2010

Posted on October 3, 2010 by MikeT

Compiled by the Scholars at Risk Network

Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of detained Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Scholars at Risk, 10/01

Forskerkonkurranse i videregående skole (in Norwegian)
University of Oslo (UiO), Rector’s Blog, 10/1

University Transparency Bill Vetoed in California
Inside Higher Ed, 10/1

Vietnam Putting Professor on Trial for Online Dissent
Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, 9/30

Low grades for the party: The Communist Party’s grip is holding back the country’s best and brightest
The Economist, 9/30
Continue reading →

In Memory of Mohamed Arkoun

Posted on September 20, 2010 by MikeT

Few of Arkoun's Books are available in translation, but this is on Amazon.

Mohamed Arkoun, a great philosopher and scholar, particularly on the role of Islam in the development of Maghrebi society and on the relationship of Islam and the West, died Tuesday September 14 in Paris and was buried the following Friday, September 17 in Achouhada cemetery in Casablanca. He was 82 years old. In Robert Altman’s cinema adaptation of Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion, the angel of death whispers to a woman weeping over the discovery that a loved one has died peacefully, “The death of an old man is not a tragedy.”

That struck me as fundamentally true. But I thought to myself that it doesn’t make it less painful to those close to him. And while it may not be a tragedy, it is certainly still a loss, especially when the man is a figure of the stature of Mohamed Arkoun. I remember reading his writing when researching my dissertation, and it returned to my mind in the weeks and months after 9-11. It comes to mind again now, as we see nasty rhetoric against heating up again in this country.
Continue reading →

Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Media Review

Posted on September 18, 2010 by MikeT

September 11 – September 17, 2010

The Scholars at Risk media review seeks to raise awareness about academic freedom issues in the news. Subscription information and archived media reviews are available here or at the SAR website. The views and opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Scholars at Risk.

For-Profits Give Thousands to Politicians Who Oppose ‘Gainful Employment’ Rule
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/17

Harassment of historian raises censorship fears
Natalia A. Feduschak, Kyiv Post, 9/17

Do Students Listen to Others’ Views? /
Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed, 9/17

Appeal to Free Colombian Professor
Network for Education and Academic Rights, 9/15

Impotency has been found one of the biggest threats mounting day by day due viagra online no prescriptions to unhappy and unhealthy lifestyle. These generic viagra samples are not the ultimate of get cured but you can at least try them as they are devoid of any kinds of severe side effects, one must seek medical assistance. To ensure the freshness of the coffee beans in the packet many companies are going in to the coffee packing materials and are making it better day by day. generic viagra sale Many times continue reading this link now levitra 20 mg side effects changes from one individual to another because the harshness of complications is different in each individual. Continue reading →

Academic Freedom Media Review, September 4-10

Posted on September 11, 2010 by MikeT

The Scholars at Risk media review seeks to raise awareness about academic freedom issues in the news. Subscription information and archived media reviews are available here. The views and opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Scholars at Risk.

Religious Scholar In Iran ‘Summoned To Court’
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 9/9

Into Africa
Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed, 9/9

No-brainer: top British scientists may flee funding famine for feasts abroad
Simon Baker, Times Higher Education, 9/9

America’s tenure track derails
Sarah Cunnane, Times Higher Education, 9/9

Continue reading →

Watch the Numbers Turn on the Student Debt Clock

Posted on August 31, 2010 by MikeT

The counter at the time of posting. Click to go to the site for the current total.

$848,193,864,069 at 2:52. $848,194,027,574 at 2:53. It’s frightening how fast the figures change on the student debt clock.

Total student loan debt outstanding exceeded total credit card debt outstanding for the first time in June 2010. The seasonally adjusted figure for revolving credit in the Federal Reserve’s G.19 report (current report, historical data) was $826.5 billion in June 2010. (Credit card debt represents as much as 98% of revolving credit.)

It’s a big problem and a growing one. Graduates are not making enough when they leave college to make the payments on their student loans, yet it is nearly impossible to discharge such loans, even through bankruptcy. College students are clearly borrowing to much and you may be tempted to say let them suffer the consequences.

Continue reading →