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| 2009-06-26 Academics arrested as Iran crackdown escalates — John Gill, Times Higher Education |
| 2009-06-25 No Charges, No End in E-Mail Fight — Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Education |
| 2009-06-25 Reading lists inspected for capacity to incite violence — Melanie Newman, Times Higher Education |
| 2009-06-23 Keeping Connected With Iran — Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education |
| 2009-06-23 Violence in Iran — Cary Nelson, American Association of University Presidents |
| 2009-06-23 Tenure and Academic Freedom — NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY, Wall Street Journal |
| 2009-06-22 Iraq urges scientists to come home — Aseel Kami, Reuters |
| 2009-06-22 Web Pries Lid of Iranian Censorship — Brian Stelter and Brad Stone, The New York Times |
| 2009-06-21 INDIA: 46 students flee Australia attacks — University World News, University World News |
| 2009-06-18 Principled message of freedom for universities — Phil Baty, Times Higher Education |
| 2009-06-17 Universities and Students Are at Heart of Continuing Protests in Iran — Aisha Labi, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-06-17 The (Pro)-White Professor — Stephanie Lee, Inside Higher Education |
| 2009-06-16 Iran speaker condemns attack on university students — Parisa Hafezi, Reuters |
| 2009-06-15 China Orders Patches to Planned Web Filter — Edward Wong, The New York Times |
| 2009-06-15 AAUP Censures 4 Colleges — Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Education |
| 2009-06-15 Academic Freedom Comes Under Fire at Law-School Clinics — Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-06-14 AUSTRALIA: Plan to protect foreign students — Geoff Maslen, University World News |
| 2009-06-12 A Crisis of Ethic Proportion — Neil Hamilton, Inside Higher Ed |
| 2009-06-11 Academic and Scientific Groups Recommend Steps to Ease Visa Delays — Karin Fischer, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-06-11 Iran's Human Rights Test — Shirin Ebadi, The Washington Post |
| 2009-06-11 Second Guessing a Conference — David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed |
| 2009-06-10 China Faces Criticism Over New Software Censor — Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times |
| 2009-06-10 Australian Universities and Indian Government Are Miffed With Response to Racial Attacks — Shailaja Neelakantan, The Chronicle |
| 2009-06-09 Dissident writer Liu Xiaobo held in secret after sentence ends — Jonathan Landreth, Times Online |
| 2009-06-08 Tenure's Value to Society — Scott Jaschik , Inside Higher Ed |
| 2009-06-07 AUSTRALIA: Racial attacks hit billion-dollar industry — Geoff Maslen, University World News |
| 2009-06-04 The Refuge and the Fortress: Britain and the Flight from Tyranny — Jeremy Seabrook, Times Higher Education |
| 2009-06-03 Obama to Speak at Campus Where Political Freedoms Are Few — Howard Schneider, The Washington Post |
| 2009-06-03 Chinese Activist Tries to Surrender — Sharon LaFraniere, The New York Times |
| 2009-06-03 Federal Judge Rules Against Christian Legal Group — Eric Kelderman, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-06-03 As Racial Attacks on Indian Students Rise in Australia, U.S. Bills Itself as Safe Alternative — Shailaja Neelakantan, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-06-02 Academic Threatened and Censored in Sinaloa — NEAR, Network for Publication and Academic Rights (NEAR) |
| 2009-06-02 Department Tackles Visa Delay for Researchers — Cornelia Dean, The New York Times |
| 2009-06-02 Varsity invites staff to join ‘freedom’ debate — Sue Blaine, Buisness Day |
| 2009-06-02 Lecturers slam colleagues for 'Nottingham Two' lobby — Michael Greenwell, this is nottingham.co.uk |
| 2009-06-01 Russian students detained in Egypt — United Press International, United Press International |
| 2009-05-31 Amitabh Bachchan shuns Australia honour over attacks — Reuters , Reuters India |
| 2009-05-29 The Great Forgetting: 20 Years After Tiananmen Square — Mara Hvistendahl, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-05-28 VENEZUELA: As Research Funding Declines, Chávez, Scientists Trade Charges — Barbara Casassus, Science |
| 2009-05-28 Venezuelan Science at Risk — Claudio Bifano, Science |
| 2009-05-28 For Personal-Injury Lawyer, Michael Pollan’s Book Is Worth Fighting For — Patricia Cohen, The New York Times |
| 2009-05-27 Faculty Unions Vow to Protect Academic Freedom and Watch International-Education Companies — Karen Birchard, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-05-27 Judge Says Police Should Not Have Confiscated Computers of Boston College Student — Erica R. Hendry, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-05-27 Lecturers vote to boycott Israeli universities — Jessica Shepherd, The Guardian |
| 2009-05-27 Why the lecturers' union must oppose a boycott of Israeli universities — Jon Pike, The Guardian |
| 2009-05-26 Academic threatened and censored in Sinaloa — CENCOS/IFEX, IFEX |
| 2009-05-26 Detained Students Tortured and Beaten to "Fabricate Evidence" — , International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran |
| 2009-05-25 Palestinian Students Who Are Barred From Entering Israel Can Appeal, Israeli Court Says — Matthew Kalman, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-05-25 University lecturers may boycott immigration 'snooper' rules on foreign students — Anthea Lipsett, The Guardian |
| 2009-05-24 GLOBAL: Higher education world conference — Jonathan Travis, University World News |
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