Academic Freedom Media Review, October 30 – November 5, 2010

Posted on November 8, 2010 by MikeT

Singapore suppresses dissident
Drew Anderson, Yale Daily News, 11/5

Scholars at Risk Expresses Concern Over Professor Denied Entry to India
Scholars at Risk, 11/4

Iran Sets New Conditions For Employing Teachers
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 11/4

News of Government Guidelines on ‘Pluralism’ Alarms Israeli Academics
Matthew Kalman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/4
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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

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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

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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
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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

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Academic Freedom Media Review, July 31-August 6

Posted on August 7, 2010 by MikeT

Academic Freedom Media Review
July 31 – August 6, 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 here or at their site. The views and opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Scholars at Risk.

U. of Miami President Halted at Israeli Airport
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 8/6

Iran’s publish ‘at any cost’ mentality blamed for surge in academic fraud
Hannah Fearn, Times Higher Education, 8/5

I swear I am just doing my job
Rebecca Attwood, Times Higher Education, 8/5

Three Student Activists Appear in court
The Students Solidarity Trust, The Zimbabwean, 8/5

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