Inside Higher Ed: The Presidential Perspective on Academic Freedom
NEW YORK CITY — Growing external pressures impinging on the university in a globalized, increasingly interconnected world were common concerns during a conference on threats to academic freedom and free inquiry that concluded Friday at the New School. On that note, what more iconic example of the “global university” is there than the American college branch campus built in the Middle East, at the expense of an oil-rich host? (A “mini” New York University is planned in Abu Dhabi, for instance, and there’s an entire “Education City” featuring multiple American universities in Qatar.)
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