A Wave of Administrative Sanctions Against Faculty and Staff at US Universities
Police barricade in front of The New School's University Center, New York. May 3, 2024. 6 months have passed since protests relating to...
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Maryam Mushtaq
Apr 102 min read
Tehran University Denies Mass Expulsion of Critics
University of Tehran. Photo credits: Wikipedia On March 14, 2024, the Chancellor of Tehran University, Mohammad Moghimi, denied claims of...
Ozgur Kazakli
Mar 113 min read
Lecturer Dismissed from Catholic University for Class Content “Unaligned with Mission and Identity”
Photo Credit: PEN America The politically polarized atmosphere in the United States around reproductive rights following the Supreme...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Iran's Academic Crackdown Continues
Students at the women-only Al-Zahra University in Tehran were among those to stage sit-in strikes. Photo credit: BBC September 17, 2023...
Dolunay Bulut
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Moroccan Scholar Unlawfully Dismissed
Photo credit: Getty Images On June 2, 2023, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that Dr. Maâti Monjib, who is a political analyst,...
Kennedy McCutchen
May 16, 20232 min read
Tunisian Professor Stripped of Title for Participating in Symposium Alongside Israeli Academic
On April 12, 2022, the University of Manouba located in Tunis, Tunisia determined it would withdraw the title of emeritus professor from...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 14, 20233 min read
Academic Freedom, Diversity, and Equity at Risk in Florida
Photo credit: Vanity Fair As the nationwide debates on the place of politically controversial subjects in public education such as...
Kennedy McCutchen
Feb 1, 20233 min read
New Report Details Ongoing Violations of Academic Freedom, Unjust Expulsions in Iran
As the Women, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death carries on into 2023, the Iranian regime continues to...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Art History Professor Fired for Showing a Painting of Prophet Muhammad
Hamline University || Photo credit: NYT At the end of the Fall 2022 academic term, Hamline University, a liberal arts college in...
Dolunay Bulut
Dec 17, 20212 min read
Turkey’s Emergency Commission Denies Appeals from Peace Academics
"We will get back our usurped rights" || Photo credit: Bianet Since 2016, thousands of Peace Academics along with journalists, political...
Dolunay Bulut
Oct 16, 20212 min read
Turkish Constitutional Court Ruled in Favor of Dismissed Peace Academic
On September 11, 2021, Turkey’s Constitutional Court, the highest court of the country, came to a decision regarding the individual...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 2, 20204 min read
Hong Kong Universities Fire Professors Who Led Protests
—We Must Take a Stand or Risk Becoming Complicit with Chinese Government Interference A leading Hong Kong university has fired its law...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 3, 20203 min read
Cameroon University Suspends Law Professor for Asking Legal Question in Class
On May 31, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that the University of Buea in Cameroon fired a law professor a month after he...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 28, 20161 min read
Professor Battal Odabası Fired for Signing Peace Petition
Associate Professor Battal Odabaşı from İstanbul Aydın University has been fired for signing a declaration that calls for the restoration...
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