The American Association of University Professors has issued a statement saying that it is "deeply troubled" by a recent incident in which New York University Professor Andrew Ross was denied entry to the United Arab Emirates. Read more...
An engineering professor at the University of Florida was arrested and is being detained in Abu Dhabi pending resolution of his case, The Gainesville Sun reported. Read more...
By Elizabeth Redden. After a New York University professor who has written critically of migrant labor issues in the United Arab Emirates was blocked from boarding a plane to Abu Dhabi, some are asking what the implications are for N.Y.U.’s branch campus there. Read more...
By Andrew Ross. Across the board, faculty have been skeptical of their college administrators’ enthusiasm to build campuses in illiberal societies, like China and the Gulf states. What agreements have been made to smooth the way? How much money is changing hands as part of the deal? Who will oversee the curriculum design? And, above all, who can guarantee that basic protections for academic freedom will be honored in countries where dissenters are locked up, physically abused, and deported on a regular basis?
The United Arab Emirates has made a strenuous effort to lure universities, along with top-flight cultural brands like the Louvre, the Guggenheim, and the British Museum. More...
By Katherine Mangan. A New York University professor stopped on his way to conduct research in the United Arab Emirates said he wasn’t completely surprised when he learned, while trying to board a plane at Kennedy International Airport this week, that he’d been barred from entering the country.
He had, after all, publicly criticized the exploitation of migrant construction workers who helped build NYU’s new campus in Abu Dhabi, the emirates’ capital. He knew that wouldn’t sit well with local authorities who he said have kicked researchers out of the country for less. More...
By April Roach. Many British students study at universities relatively close to home. As an international student, I wonder whether they may be missing out. Read more...
Today the League of European Research Universities (LERU) becomes a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. The Declaration, issued in 2012 by a group of scientific journal editors and publishers, makes a number of recommendations for improving the way in which the quality of research output is evaluated.
By Hans de Wit. Over the past few years a series of buzzwords – global citizenship, comprehensive internationalisation and world-class university – have taken over discussions about international higher education. Read more...The American Association of University Professors chapter at the American University of Beirut has issued a statement condemning the Ministry of Labor’s “selective discrimination against some foreign nationals seeking employment or work permit renewals at AUB.” Read more...
By . Stanford University’s graduate business school is launching a UK-based teaching programme for the first time. More...
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