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9 février 2018

Dutch branch campus shelved over academic freedom fears

By Yojana Sharma. The University of Groningen in the Netherlands has shelved plans to establish a branch campus in China, a joint venture with China Agricultural University, Beijing, after concerns were raised over academic freedom. More...

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9 février 2018

Academic freedom is facing ‘growing threats’ – Report

By Yojana Sharma. There has been a “growing top-down backlash” in the wake of Hong Kong’s 2014-15 student-led Umbrella Movement protests, with the authorities trying to limit academic freedom and bring academia under their control, according to a new report from Hong Kong Watch. More...

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28 janvier 2018

Cuomo wants to let Dreamers go to college for free

Gov. Cuomo wants to give another break to immigrant Dreamers by extending free public college tuition to students who were brought into to the United States illegally as kids. More...

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28 janvier 2018

A war of words on campus

In the 1960s college students demanded the right to talk about anything on campus, from civil rights to opposing the Vietnam War. All ideas seemed up for debate. But is that still true today. More...

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28 janvier 2018

Grand Rapids School Board applying to offer tuition-free pathway to college

The Grand Rapids School Board passed a resolution Tuesday, Jan. 16, to apply to the Michigan Department of Treasury to become a Promise Zone to offer students free college tuition. More...

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27 janvier 2018

Academic freedom at risk at Hong Kong's universities, says report

Hong Kong’s universities, long a beacon of academic freedom, bastions of freewheeling activism and discussion, are under threat and risk losing their internationally respected status, according to a report. More...

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27 janvier 2018

Free higher education in South Africa: cutting through the lies and statistics

Public discussion about higher education funding in South Africa has been beset by numerous fictions and misunderstandings since the Fees Must Fall movement emerged in 2015. These have been compounded by the political opportunism of President Jacob Zuma and his advisors. More...

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27 janvier 2018

The Other Piece of Academic Freedom

By Matt Reed. I don’t know the merits of the Louisiana case of the professor who was fired for cursing. But the idea of it brings up a side of academic freedom that doesn’t get much discussion, although it’s actually much more real in my world than some of the higher-profile stuff. More...

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27 janvier 2018

Report on Academic Freedom in Hong Kong

By Elizabeth Redden. Academic freedom in Hong Kong has faced growing threats since the 2014 pro-democracy “Occupy” protests, in which students and faculty played a central role, a new report argues. More...

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27 janvier 2018

The Pressure on Provosts

By Scott Jaschik. Provosts are generally confident of free speech rights at their own colleges and universities, but many are worried about the situation more broadly in higher education, according to the 2018 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers, conducted by Gallup and answered by 516 provosts or chief academic officers. More...

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