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US Federal Government Threatens to Further Cut Harvard Funding Over Defiance
Student protesters setting up tents in front of the John Harvard Statue in Harvard Yard during a rally in April 2024. Photo credit: Jesse...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
May 93 min read
Trump Administration Launches Targeted and Intensified Repression Against Scholars and Higher Education in the US
Columbia University professors hold protest against the university's capitulation to the demands of the Trump administration in front of...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 267 min read
From Support to Uncertainty: The Higher Education Crisis After USAID’s Shutdown
People protesting in the support of USAID at the United States Capitol on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Photo Credit: Jack Gruber / USA...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 46 min read
Trump’s Executive Orders Target Academic Freedom, DEI, and the International Community
Pro-Palestinian students protest on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, the United States. Photo Credit: Suzanne...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Feb 127 min read
What the second Trump Administration could mean for academic freedom in the US
Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance at a rally || Photo credit: Getty Images On the morning of November 6, the United States...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 4, 20244 min read
A Wave of Administrative Sanctions Against Faculty and Staff at US Universities
Police barricade in front of The New School's University Center, New York. May 3, 2024. 6 months have passed since protests relating to...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Nov 11, 20246 min read
Indiana Moves to Restrict Faculty Speech as US Universities Anticipate New Protest Wave
An aerial view of the Purdue University campus. Scholars from Purdue and Indiana Universities have challenged the new Indiana law in...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Aug 22, 20243 min read
More Than 100 Students Arrested at Columbia University as Protests Spread
Photo credit: Stella Ragas , Columbia Daily Spectator On Thursday, April 18, 2024, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrested...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Apr 24, 20245 min read
Lecturer Dismissed from Catholic University for Class Content “Unaligned with Mission and Identity”
Photo Credit: PEN America The politically polarized atmosphere in the United States around reproductive rights following the Supreme...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Mar 11, 20243 min read
Florida Removes Sociology as Core Class from 12 Public Universities
Florida Governor DeSantis. Source: ABC News On January 24th 2024, the Board of Education in Florida removed a sociology core course as an...
Maryam Mushtaq
Feb 6, 20242 min read
A Litmus Test for Academic Freedom: The Impact of the Israel/Palestine Crisis on U.S. Universities
A protest organized by student groups at Harvard University on October 14th. Photo credit: Reuters It has been two months since the...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 18, 20235 min read
Professor Faces Pressure Over Pro-Choice Views at U.S. University
The sign Dr. Kay posted on her office door that caused her to be targeted. Photo Credit: The Cut Political polarization as a result of...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
Dec 1, 20233 min read
New Book Ban Legislations in the US Threatens Imprisonment of School Employees
School employees and librarians in the United States are increasingly concerned over the new state legislations across the country...
Maryam Mushtaq
Jul 21, 20232 min read
Academic Freedom, Diversity, and Equity at Risk in Florida
Photo credit: Vanity Fair As the nationwide debates on the place of politically controversial subjects in public education such as...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 14, 20233 min read
Art History Professor Fired for Showing a Painting of Prophet Muhammad
Hamline University || Photo credit: NYT At the end of the Fall 2022 academic term, Hamline University, a liberal arts college in...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 18, 20233 min read
PEN America Report Exposes Dangers of Educational Gag Orders
A disturbing number of legislative efforts to limit teaching and studying racism, sexism, and American history represent systematic...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 18, 20214 min read
Over 130 Scholars Sign Petition that Calls for Ending Harassment of Teng Biao
Over 130 scholars signed a petition organized by Endangered Scholars Worldwide, which condemned the daily public harassment of the...
Ebby Abramson
Feb 16, 20212 min read
NASA Scientist Returned to the US After Four Years of Imprisonment
Serkan Golge, a 40-year old NASA scientist who was arrested in Turkey shortly after the failed coup attempt in July 2016, safely returned...
Dolunay Bulut
Aug 16, 20202 min read
‘Disturbing and Cruel.’ ESW Condemns New Visa Rule for International Students
On July 7, 2020, Endangered Scholars Worldwide learned that this fall, foreign students attending colleges and universities in the US...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 10, 20202 min read
US Supreme Court Rules against Trump Administration in Decision to end DACA
With a great relief we announce that, The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday June 18, 2020 that the Deferred Action for Childhood...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 18, 20201 min read
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