SAR Academic Freedom Media Review, June 25 – July 1, 2011

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MALAWI: Closed campuses set to open
University World News, 7/1

Oxford academic wins right to read UEA climate data
Fred Pearce, The Guardian, 7/1

Sowing seeds of freedom in the ‘Arab Spring’
Paul Jump, Times Higher Education, 6/30

There’s no good reason for this inequality
Liz Schafer, Times Higher Education, 6/30

Academic Freedom and the Law: A Comparative Study (Review)
Nicholas Bamforth, Times Higher Education, 6/30

Tensions Beneath the Stability in the U.A.E.
Angela Giuffrida, The New York Times, 6/29

At American U. in Cairo, a Slain Professor Is Remembered for Championing a Vision for Egypt
Lisa Anderson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/29

A short story of academic oppression in Egypt
Amira Nowaira, The Guardian, 6/29

Federal Agency Won’t Drop Restriction on Public Advocacy by Sea Grant Recipients
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Plan to Restructure British Higher Ed
John Morgan and Simon Baker for Times Higher EducationInside Higher Ed, 6/29


Not Just Florida State

Dan Berrett, Inside Higher Ed, 6/28

GLOBAL: Universities for justice and unity
Ard Jongsma, University World News, 6/26

GLOBAL: Launch of coalition to protect education
Brendan O’Malley, University World News, 6/26

CHINA: Foreign students face ‘indoctrination camp’
Francis Ernouf, University World News, 6/26

AFRICA: Universities ‘must halt land grab investments’
Alison Moodie, University World News, 6/26

TURKEY: Fears for academic freedom
University World News, 6/26

EGYPT: Professors to hold sit-in
University World News, 6/26

Academic Purgatory
Ilan Stavans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/26