Compiled by Scholars at Risk
Scholars at Risk would like to draw special attention to a country that has not recently received extensive coverage in the weekly media review, Venezuela. Recent attempts to enact significant reforms regarding higher education raise questions about academic freedom and university values in the region. We would like to highlight the following two articles written by a professor of sociology at a university in Venezuela.
VENEZUELA: Academic freedom under threat
Orlando Albornoz, University World News, 1/30
University Values Bulletin, January 2011
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Managerial era ‘threatens’ academic freedom
Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education, 2/3
Scientist’s Criticisms of Colleague’s Research Held to Be Protected Speech
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/3

China Approves NYU’s Plan for a Shanghai Campus
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/2
How RPI’s Faculty Voice Was Quieted
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Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of Alyaksandr Fyaduta, Belarusian scholar and journalist
Scholars at Risk, 2/1
World Report 2011: Iran
Human Rights Watch, 2/1
Adjunct Wins Back Course
Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 2/1
AAUP President Says Glenn Beck’s Scholar Bashing Verges on ‘American Fatwa’
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/1
VENEZUELA: Academic freedom under threat
Orlando Albornoz, University World News, 1/30
YEMEN: Sana’a campus at centre of protests
Ahmed Mohamoud Elmi, University World News, 1/30