Prestigious academic institutions' declining prestige
Friday, October 11, 2024Princeton Praised a Professor for Winning a MacArthur; and at the same time, Princeton launches a Probe Into Her stance on Palestine.As congratulations poured in...
Princeton Praised a Professor for Winning a MacArthur; and at the same time, Princeton launches a Probe Into Her stance on Palestine.As congratulations poured in...
“The general wards were abysmal, and there were only five doctors, four of them foreigners, who were not licensed to practice in the United States,...
The Guinness World Records classifies Al-Qarawiyyin University in Fez, Morocco, as the oldest university in the world that is still operating without interruption, despite the...
Since December 28, 2017, a wave of protests has swept Iran. Citizens have broadcast dozens of videos online showing the demonstrations and the resulting police...
Campaign for Accountability (CfA) released a new report, Google Academics Inc., revealing Google’s extensive financial support for academics and policy experts. CfA identified 329 research...
Underscoring the importance of media outlets, the EU parliament approved a non-legislative resolution aimed at countering what they called hostile state and non-state actors. The...
Obama: Erdogan treatment of journalists 'very troubling'President Obama on Friday called out Turkish President Recep Erdogan, saying his policies toward journalists have been "troubling."During...
Al Jazeera America never had a chance. Having struggled in vain to attract an audience since it launched in 2013, the cable news channel announced...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has strongly reacted to a petition signed by more than 1,000 local and international academics calling on the Turkish government to...
A flurry of new stories surrounding mass starvation in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, once a popular resort destination, have included some shocking images...
University’s Attempt to Dismiss Salaita Suit Over “Uncivil” Tweets Rejected by Court August 6, 2015, Chicago, a federal judge rejected efforts to throw out a...
Saudis wanted to fire university presidentFor decades, Saudi Arabia has poured billions of its oil dollars into sympathetic Islamic organizations around the world, quietly practicing...
Aboriginal stories of lost islands match up with underwater finds in Australia Melbourne, the southernmost state capital of the Australian mainland, was established by Europeans...
Steven Salaita, a university professor whose appointment at the University of Illinois was withdrawn last month after he was critical of Israel on Twitter, spoke...
By Scott Jaschik Many faculty job offers (which are well-vetted by college officials before they go out) contain language stating that the offer is pending...
In the New York Times' August 1 article, "Gaza Fighting Intensifies as Cease-Fire Falls Apart," the newspaper revealed that it was the first time "in...
Here are a few questions you won’t hear asked of the parade of Israeli officials crossing US television screens during the current crisis in Gaza:...
If the United States derived its might primarily from its economic power, the Washington Post would enjoy the same degree of international influence as, say,...
BY EUGENE VOLOKH[This is my last post serializing my just-published article, Religious Law (Especially Islamic Law) in American Courts, 66 Okla. L. Rev. 431 (2014);...
In the not so distant past, Politico reporter Dylan Byers engaged into a rather public spat with The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates’ contention that Melissa Harris-Perry...