Academic Freedom Media Review-November 13-19, 2010

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Second Azerbaijani ‘Donkey Blogger’ Freed
Claire Bigg, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 11/19
Azerbaijani Activist Detained On Georgian Border
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 11/19
Nobel Winner’s Absence May Delay Awarding of Prize
Andrew Jacobs and Alan Cowell, The New York Times, 11/18
Law students march to support UP professors
ABS-CBN News, 11/18
SINGAPORE: Yale partnership to go ahead, NUS says
Stanislaus Jude Chan, University World News, 11/18
Law clinics that go beyond theory face attacks
Sarah Cunnane, Times Higher Education, 11/18

Community Colleges Push Back
David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed, 11/17
An NYU degree from Shanghai
Jane C. Timm, Washington Square News, 11/16
Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike Following Trial Session
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Uncertain First Amendment Rights
Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 11/15
TIBET: Language policy threatens tertiary access
Yojana Sharma, University World News, 11/14
PAKISTAN: Strike over vice-chancellor’s abduction
Ameen Amjad Khan, University World News, 11/14
EGYPT: Trouble at university divides academics
Ashraf Khaled, University World News, 11/14
AUSTRALIA: Alarm over proposed quality agency
Geoff Maslen, University World News, 11/14
IRAN: Dissolution of medical university sparks protest
Yojana Sharma, University World News, 11/14
GLOBAL: UNESCO pulls plug on Philosophy Day in Iran
University World News, 11/14
Reports: Iran Arrests Three Female Lawyers Tied To Opposition
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 11/14
Canadian scholars defend freedoms in face of growing marketisation
Sarah Cunnane, Times Higher Education, 11/13
U.S. Court Ducks Academic-Freedom Debate in Ruling Against California Professor
Peter Schmidt, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/12