HONG KONG: University of Hong Kong plans to clamp down on behaviour that brings it into ‘disrepute’, sparking criticism by staff, students
Ezra Cheung, South China Morning Post, 6/28
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) said it wanted to clamp down on behaviour that brings it into “disrepute”, but failed to give a definition of the sort of conduct that could land students in hot water. Read more »
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INDONESIA: Beatings, lockouts, lawsuits: student journalism in Indonesia
John Ross, Times Higher Education, 6/28
Indonesia’s student journalists are demanding the same protection as their professional colleagues, after a report documented their exposure to litigation, gagging, expulsion and violence. Read more »
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MEXICO: Hundreds file suit targeting Mexico’s divisive science law
Myriam Vidal Valero, Nature, 6/27
Hundreds of scientists and about one-third of the members of Mexico’s Congress have filed lawsuits declaring a recently passed science law unconstitutional. They say that the legislation, called the General Law on Humanities, Sciences, Technologies and Innovation, was passed using an irregular procedure and that it could harm scientific development in the country. Read more »
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INDIA: Mandatory ‘Indian knowledge’ course seen as ‘indoctrination’
Tiya Thomas-Alexander, Times Higher Education, 6/27
The introduction of a mandatory course on Indian knowledge systems across the country’s public universities has been criticised for being an “indoctrination” project rather than a genuine attempt to decolonise academia. Read more »
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UNITED STATES: Should College Presidents Criticize Political Candidates?
Josh Moody, Inside Higher Ed, 6/26
Some higher ed leaders have voiced concerns about the threats GOP front-runners Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis pose to democracy. Others are uneasy about weighing in on an ongoing race. Read more »
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SENEGAL: UCAD calm after the riots, but damage keeps it closed
University World News, 6/22
Calm has returned to Senegal’s leading university, University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), two weeks after violent demonstrations caused it to close until further notice, but the institution remains severely damaged, including the loss of thousands of archive documents destroyed by fire. Read more »
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UNITED STATES: DeSantis sues Biden administration over university accrediting system
AP, 6/22
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Education over accreditation agencies, which control federal aid for students. Read more »
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SUDAN: Public Statement on Human Rights Abuses in Sudan
Executive Committee of the International Human Rights Network of Academies & Scholarly Societies, 6/5
The Executive Committee of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies (IHRN) condemns the widespread human rights abuses that have taken place in Sudan since the outbreak of violence between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in mid-April. Read more »
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