Academic Freedom Media Review – July 10-16, 2010

Academic Freedom Media Review
July 10 – 16, 2010
Compiled by Scholars at Risk
Persecuted Scholars Find Refuge in the Netherlands
UAF-SAR, 7/16
Three University of Zimbabwe students appear in court
The Zimbabwean, 7/16
Academics attack RCUK’s ‘dogmatic stance’ in refusing to rethink impact
Paul Jump, Times Higher Education, 7/15
The Growth of Private and For-Profit Higher Education in Britain: Competition or Collaboration?
Geoffrey Alderman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/15
Teaching or Preaching?
Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Education, 7/15

Russian’ spy granted right to stay in UK
Andrew Osborn, The Telegraph, 7/15
Israeli Bill Reflects Frustration With Academics Who Support Boycotts
Matthew Kalman, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/14
UW trustees need to talk about Ayers case in public
Wyoming Star-Tribune, 7/14
Denial of Tenure to German-Studies Professor Brings Angst at Emory
Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/13
Iranian Scientist Emerges in D.C., but Mystery Only Deepens
David A. Sanger, The New York Times, 7/13
AAUP Urges Secretary Clinton to Let Colombian Journalist Into U.S.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/13
Cuccinelli uses court filing to dispute Mann climate research
Rosalind Helderman, The Washington Post, 7/13
PEN President Appiah Reacts to the Release of Normando Hernández González in Cuba
PEN American Center, 7/11
NORWAY: Give universities more autonomy
Jan Petter Myklebust, University World News, 7/11
THAILAND: Academics warned not to air political views
Yojana Sharna, University World News, 7/11
Transparency law for professors sets off academic freedom debate
Leigh Munsil, The Dallas Morning News, 7/10