By Elizabeth Redden. A religion professor at the American University in Cairo says the university had no right to revoke his chair title after he resisted a donor's demands that he teach Islam in a preferential manner. More...
10 juin 2019
10 juin 2019
X-ing Out Xinjiang
By Elizabeth Redden. A China studies scholar says a journal editor censored him by striking out a section of a book review critical of the Chinese government's policies in Xinjiang. More...
22 mai 2019
University of Cambridge Department Bans Skype
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Catherine Howell: University of Cambridge Department Bans Skype, Citing Security Concerns, EDUCAUSE Blogs October 18, 2005
This might be a sign of more to come, as computing service people are expressing concerns about the free online audio program. Skype, while free, is not open source, and it also sneaks through firewalls using ports normally reserved for web servers. More...
5 mai 2019
Columbia Reschedules Canceled Panel on Turkey
By Elizabeth Redden. Columbia University has rescheduled a panel event focused on the collapse of the rule of law in Turkey for this Friday, after having abruptly called off the event earlier this month. More...
5 mai 2019
Fears Over Singapore’s ‘Fake News’ Proposal
By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. Academics fear global reach of new Singaporean legislation could result in censorship of international academic journals. More...
20 avril 2019
Anger Over N-Word at American U
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A video of a student using the slur has angered the campus that has seen many other racial incidents in recent years. More...
20 avril 2019
McGill Drops 'Redmen' Team Name
By Elizabeth Redden. McGill University, in Montreal, will change the name of its men’s sports teams from the “Redmen” after protests from students, faculty and staff who argued that the name is discriminatory, CBC reported. "Today, 'Redmen' is widely acknowledged as an offensive term for indigenous peoples, as evidenced by major English dictionaries," Suzanne Fortier, the principal and vice chancellor of McGill, said in a statement. More...
20 avril 2019
Censorship in a China Studies Journal
By Elizabeth Redden. Scholars say they thought a journal was run on Western standards of free expression, but they found Chinese government control instead. More...
20 avril 2019
At Columbia, Questions Over Canceled Panel
By Elizabeth Redden. Columbia University abruptly called off a panel scheduled for this evening on the collapse of the rule in law in Turkey in what several panelists say was likely a result of pressure from the Turkish government. More...
19 avril 2019
Another Speaker Unable to Appear at Middlebury
By Scott Jaschik. College cites safety issues in calling off talk by conservative Polish scholar and politician. More...
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