October 16 – 22, 2010
Compiled by Scholars at Risk
The Scholars at Risk media review seeks to raise awareness about academic freedom issues in the news. Subscription information and archived media reviews are available at here. The views and opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Scholars at Risk.
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Tibetans Protest China’s Plan to Curb Language
Edward Wong, The New York Times, 10/22
Jailed Iranian Scholar Denies Charges in Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 10/21
Is affirmative action for men the answer to enrollment woes?
Carolyn Abraham and Kate Hammer, The Globe and Mail, 10/21
Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Ward Churchill’s Bid to Get His University Job Back
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/21
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Category Archives: Global News
Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Media Review
October 9 – 15, 2010
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Arrest and mistreatment of US Professor of Anthropology
Network for Education & Academic Rights, 10/15
Call for Urgent Action for Detained Mechanical Engineering Professor Abdul Jalil Al-Singace of Bahrain
Scholars at Risk, 10/14
Research Contracts Sponsored by Big Oil Companies Fail to Protect Academic Interests
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/14
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Academic Freedom Media Review – October 2-8, 2010
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Iranian Human Rights Lawyer On Hunger Strike
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 10/8
Nobel Peace Prize Given to Jailed Chinese Dissident
Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times, 10/8
Blogger Abdeljalil Al-Singace mistreated in detention, concern over condition
Reporters Without Borders, 10/7
Academic urges end to bullying
Bangkok Post, 10/7
Columbia launches Palestinian center
Joseph Picard, International Business Times, 10/6
U. of I. faculty members, students may ask trustees to reconsider William Ayers
Jodi S. Cohen, The Chicago Tribune, 10/5
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Academic Freedom Media Review, September 25-October 1, 2010
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Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of detained Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Scholars at Risk, 10/01
Forskerkonkurranse i videregående skole (in Norwegian)
University of Oslo (UiO), Rector’s Blog, 10/1
University Transparency Bill Vetoed in California
Inside Higher Ed, 10/1
Vietnam Putting Professor on Trial for Online Dissent
Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, 9/30
Low grades for the party: The Communist Party’s grip is holding back the country’s best and brightest
The Economist, 9/30
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Health Care Reform Provisions Take Effect Today
Key provisions of the new health care law that was ratified six months ago went into effect today. Critics say they will raise the cost of insurance unbearably. The White House acknowledges there will be increases, but they estimate premiums to go up by 1-2%. Most independent estimates don’t expect huge huge increases.
Moreover, the benefits and protections of the reforms may be worth small premium increases to most people. Some of them already went into effect yesterday! There’s not been very much coverage, but what there has been has focused on these provisions.
Parents may keep their children on the family health insurance to age 26, if the child is not offered coverage through an employer. Children can no longer be denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions. Lifetime limits on essential benefits like hospital stays are abolished. Insurers must cover preventive services such as immunizations, mammograms and colonoscopies, without charging consumers deductibles, co-pays or co-insurance fees.
All of those provisions are valuable and important protections.
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In Memory of Mohamed Arkoun
Few of Arkoun's Books are available in translation, but this is on Amazon.
That struck me as fundamentally true. But I thought to myself that it doesn’t make it less painful to those close to him. And while it may not be a tragedy, it is certainly still a loss, especially when the man is a figure of the stature of Mohamed Arkoun. I remember reading his writing when researching my dissertation, and it returned to my mind in the weeks and months after 9-11. It comes to mind again now, as we see nasty rhetoric against heating up again in this country.
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Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Media Review
September 11 – September 17, 2010
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For-Profits Give Thousands to Politicians Who Oppose ‘Gainful Employment’ Rule
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/17
Harassment of historian raises censorship fears
Natalia A. Feduschak, Kyiv Post, 9/17
Do Students Listen to Others’ Views? /
Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed, 9/17
Appeal to Free Colombian Professor
Network for Education and Academic Rights, 9/15
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Academic Freedom Media Review, September 4-10
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Religious Scholar In Iran ‘Summoned To Court’
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 9/9
Into Africa
Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed, 9/9
No-brainer: top British scientists may flee funding famine for feasts abroad
Simon Baker, Times Higher Education, 9/9
America’s tenure track derails
Sarah Cunnane, Times Higher Education, 9/9
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Thank You for Your Support! Maybe I Can Raise Just a Bit More!
For several months I’ve been working to raise funds for the Life is Good Kids Foundation to support children struggling to overcome life-threatening challenges. I pledged to raise $1000 and have successfully met that goal, even slightly exceeded it. Though I’ve not raised it to $1500 and there is still time to help, I thought it a good time to publicly acknowledge those who’ve helped me so far! The names below are listed according to the order in which I received their donations. Those who were the earliest to support me at at the top, and it continues on through the most recent.
I hope all of you on this list know how much this means to me. Thank you for supporting a good cause, but thank you, also, for responding so generously to my request. Continue reading
New York City, Murfreesboro, Tennessee and Islamophobia
This is the United States of America! Most of us realize that what makes our country great is not our military or economic power, but what we stand for, the principles laid out in our Declaration of Independence and made law in our Constitution. One of our most sacred principles, one which drew many of our ancestors to this place, is freedom of religion. And yet lately one group finds itself under attack purely because of their religion. It started with the argument over the so called Ground Zero Mosque, and the rhetoric over that has stoked the flames of something more dangerous, as exhibited by this story of an attack on the construction site of a mosque in the Nashville suburb of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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