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Academic Freedom News Search
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| 2009-11-06 Call for Letters on Behalf of Iranian Scholar Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh — SAR, SAR Press Release |
| 2009-10-29 Israel Deports a Bethlehem U. Student Because She Is From Gaza — Matthew Kalman, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-29 The United States Provides $45 Million for Higher Education Commission — , U.S. Department of State |
| 2009-10-29 Academia and its Discontents — Jia Ahmad, Nneka McGuire, Nicholas Wong, Columbia Spectator |
| 2009-10-28 Jailed Iranian-American Is Said to Be in Solitary Confinement — Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell, The New York Times |
| 2009-10-28 Pakistan Police Tell Universities to Tighten Security or Be Shut Down — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-27 Russian Professors Chafe at Scholarly Screening — Ellen Barry, The New York Times |
| 2009-10-26 Can Free Speech Be Furloughed? — Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed |
| 2009-10-26 Discouraging Jeerers — Jennifer Epstein, Inside Higher Ed |
| 2009-10-23 The New Hostage Crisis — Karim Sadjadpour, Foreign Policy |
| 2009-10-22 Hundreds of Palestinian Students Are Blocked From Travel to Foreign Universities — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-21 Colleges and Universities Across Pakistan Are Closed Following Deadly Attacks — Shailaja Neelakantan, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-21 Spotlight on Academic Freedom After Pollan's Cal Poly Lecture — Kathy Johnston, New Times SLO |
| 2009-10-20 Iranian-American Scholar Is Sentenced in Iran — Robert Mackey, The New York Times |
| 2009-10-20 Disruption Cuts Off Questions for Anti-Islamic Speaker at Temple U — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-20 Scandal Erupts at French University Over Alleged Chinese Bribes — Edward Cody, The Washington Post |
| 2009-10-20 Veil Ban at Islamic School in Egypt Fuels Debate — Peter Kenyon, NPR |
| 2009-10-20 Is Tenure Conservative? — Mark Kingwell, Inside Higher Ed |
| 2009-10-19 Launch of the Institute for Global Citizenship and Equity a Bold Step Forward for Centennial College — , CNW Group |
| 2009-10-18 Israel Mulls Perks for Professors to Stymie Brain Drain — Barak Ravid, Haaretz |
| 2009-10-14 Iraq Suspends University for Politics — Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press |
| 2009-10-12 The Rise and Fall of Academic Abstention — Stanley Fish, The New York Times |
| 2009-10-12 Scholars' Right to Keep Unpublished Work Private Is at Issue in Lawsuit — Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-12 Organized Against Labor — Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed |
| 2009-10-09 Iranian Professors Worldwide Call for Independent Ethical Conducts of their Peers In IRAN — , Payvand Iran News |
| 2009-10-08 Palestinian University Is Shut Down Amid Fight Over Control — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-07 Law to back academic freedom — Guy Healy, The Australian |
| 2009-10-06 UNL faculty report aims to protect academic freedom — Melissa Lee, Lincoln Journal Star |
| 2009-10-05 Egypt's top cleric plans face veil ban in schools — Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press |
| 2009-10-05 File under - 'Silly comments by middle-aged university managers' — Ferdinand Von Prondzynski, Irish Times |
| 2009-10-05 US complains about Turkmen student travel ban — Peter Leonard, Associated Press |
| 2009-10-05 Palestinian Students in Gaza Ask Egypt to Allow Entrance to Universities — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-04 Saudi cleric sacked after attacking mixing at new university — , Agence France-Presse |
| 2009-10-04 KENYA: University closed indefinitely after violent protest — Dave Buchere, University World News |
| 2009-10-04 Visa snarl-up leaves thousands of Pakistani students barred from UK — Declan Walsh, The Guardian |
| 2009-10-04 IRAN: Students protest on first day of new term — Jonathan Travis and Daniel Sawney, University World News |
| 2009-10-02 Overthrown Honduras Culture Minister, Now at Harvard, Watches Strife From Afar — Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. S. Spitzer, Harvard Crimson |
| 2009-10-01 Peruvian Academic Receives Death Threats — , NEAR |
| 2009-10-01 Israeli Court Says University Bowed to Chinese Pressure in Closing Exhibit — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-10-01 Saudi cleric to king’s university: don’t teach evolution, mix sexes — Asma Alsharif, Reuters |
| 2009-10-01 Calvin College Faculty Asks Trustees to Withdraw Memo Against Gay Advocacy — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-09-30 Government threatened grant agency over Mideast conference — Anne McIlroy, Globe and Mail |
| 2009-09-30 New Saudi University Draws Criticism From High-Level Cleric — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-09-29 Saint Louis U. Blocks David Horowitz Event — Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed |
| 2009-09-29 LEBANON: Scholar angry at NATO after invitation to speak — Meris Lutz, Los Angeles Times |
| 2009-09-28 Tehran students protest on campus — , BBC |
| 2009-09-28 Venezuelan students keep up hunger strike — , Reuters |
| 2009-09-27 Universities in Philippines Close to Assist in Relief Efforts After Storm-Driven Floods — , The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2009-09-25 Speaker takes note of protesters — Eric Weddle, Lafayette Journal and Courier |
| 2009-09-24 Spain expels Israeli scientists from solar energy competition — Giles Tremlett, The Guardian |
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