By Elizabeth Redden. A professor was found guilty in a South Korean court of defamation for her writings challenging conventional wisdom on the euphemistically termed “comfort women,” women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World War II, the BBC reported. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. At the University of Central Missouri, the number of students from India went from 152 five years ago to 2,429 in 2015 -- and 631 today. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. New book by a former professor looks at the tensions and struggles behind what author describes as Georgetown’s “bold, important and interesting” experiment to bring American liberal education to Qatar. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Many victims’ rights and civil rights groups are reserving judgment on Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, but advocates for Palestinian rights say his appointment could chill campus speech critical of Israel. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. The Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom has called on New York University to bar the participation of a Turkish scientific agency it says has been directly involved in violations of academic freedom in an event being held on its campus this weekend or otherwise withdraw sponsorship of the event. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. A British university is unhappy with the portrayal of its China campus on a popular Chinese sitcom, reported Sixth Tone, an English-language website that’s part of a state-funded media group. An episode of the sitcom, whose name roughly translates as Road Turns White Since Tonight, features a character who disparages the academic standards of the University of Nottingham. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. The publisher Springer Nature has blocked access to more than 1,000 journal articles in China to comply with government censors, the Financial Times reported. The newspaper found that more than 1,000 articles had removed from the websites of two Springer journals, the Journal of Chinese Political Science and International Politics. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. At least 20 Chinese universities have established research institutes focused on the ideology of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping, the South China Morning Post reported. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. France pledged to spend €1 billion (about $1.16 billion) on universities to increase the number of spots in popular programs, build more student housing, and try to reduce drop-out rates, Reuters and The Local France reported. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. A researcher of disaster medicine has been sentenced to death in Iran on charges of spying for the Israeli government, Nature News reported. More...