A professor at the American
University of Beirut has been criticized for writing two academics from Tel Aviva University a book together, reports the Los Angeles Times. Lebanese law
forbids its citizens any contact with Israelis.
Sari Hanoi social scientist angry colleagues and students at his university, many of whom support a proposed academic boycott of Israeli universities the. He then paused speaking engagements to appear in the UK for a meeting of students and staff on campus SUB, where he not cause apologized for the offense, but also defended his actions.
The Provost of SUB, Ahmad Dallas, reminded all academics of the need to respect the law. Defenders of Hanoi claimed that he had been subjected to a "witch hunt".
Los Angeles Times
Malaysia: Politician fall state of academic freedom
Malaysian independent media group Laura reported that an academic-turned-politician attacked the state of academic freedom in the country, alleging a culture of fear is preventing scholars properly analyze the current situation.
Side Ali hustler, deputy president of the People's Party of Justice and former president of the Malaysian Social Science Association, delivered the admonition at the end of the seven Malaysian Studies at University Scientific Conference Malaysia, Pena on 18 March.
Sari Hanoi social scientist angry colleagues and students at his university, many of whom support a proposed academic boycott of Israeli universities the. He then paused speaking engagements to appear in the UK for a meeting of students and staff on campus SUB, where he not cause apologized for the offense, but also defended his actions.
The Provost of SUB, Ahmad Dallas, reminded all academics of the need to respect the law. Defenders of Hanoi claimed that he had been subjected to a "witch hunt".
Los Angeles Times
Malaysia: Politician fall state of academic freedom
Malaysian independent media group Laura reported that an academic-turned-politician attacked the state of academic freedom in the country, alleging a culture of fear is preventing scholars properly analyze the current situation.
Side Ali hustler, deputy president of the People's Party of Justice and former president of the Malaysian Social Science Association, delivered the admonition at the end of the seven Malaysian Studies at University Scientific Conference Malaysia, Pena on 18 March.
His remarks were prompted by a particular speaker at the conference to walk away from his subject for fear of offending the government withheld. He also stressed the continuing cases of students and academics are facing disciplinary action for engaging in political activities, claiming many vice-chancellors have been nominated for their positions by the government.
www.aliran.com
ZIMBABWE: Justice Minister chastise law faculty
The Zimbabwe Mail reported that Justice Minister Patrick Cinemas has criticized the law faculty of the University of Zimbabwe to engage in politics and to deny its officials access to their lectures.
Cinemas reported claims the faculty turn out a half baked lawyers that legal the country's reputation has been damaged. However, the Mail claimed his comments were designed to draw away the attention from the debilitating condition of higher education in Zimbabwe by Zane-PF's mishandling of the economy and the desire to be seen to the higher education system from expanding despite a critical shortage of resources.
The Mail also condemned the government's interference in the appointment of President Robert Mugabe as the only Chancellor of all universities in the country, and the establishment of the under-qualified party comrades as Pro Vice Chancellors and Executive Deans.
The Zimbabwe Mail
FRANCE: French Professor faces defamation proceedings
Times Higher Education reports that Professor Joseph Wailer, the EU Jean Monnet Professor of Law at the University of New York School of Law, is facing defamation charges in a French court after he refused to draw a negative review a website linked to a magazine that he edits.
The book's author, Karin Calvo-Goller of the Academic Center of Law and Business in Israel, claiming the review, published in 2007, could harm her academic reputation and prevent further advancement. Wailer refused as it is, but the pass comment Calvo-Goller on the reviewer and the chance to be offered an online response to her place to change the review. He has a court order in 2008.
The case is before a Paris court in June. Wailer encourage readers of the magazine critical reviews book serves in an attempt to illustrate them commonplace.
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