Access to education: College dreams dashed as young Afghan women fight to keep poverty at bay
Reuters report on how poverty is preventing female university students from attending school despite being allowed to do so by the Taliban…
Nicaragua’s congress bans four universities and six aid groups
Managua, NicaraguaAP Nicaragua’s National Assembly, controlled by President Daniel Ortega, outlawed four private universities Wednesday, some linked to the Roman Catholic Church. The best known of the schools whose legal standing was canceled by the assembly is Polytechnical University of Nicaragua, which was a hotbed of antigovernment protests in 2018. Protesters yell from behind the […]
UN report says Taliban have killed scores of former Afghan officials, others; Biden calls for release of US hostage
Washington DC, USReuters A UN report seen by Reuters says the Taliban and its allies are believed to have killed scores of former Afghan officials, security force members and people who worked with the international military contingent since the US-led pullout. Afghans walk past a Humvee with a Taliban fighter on it guarding the road […]
Postcards: Indian student’s fight against caste discrimination raises Dalit hopes
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to tackle caste discrimination at India’s universities…
Essay: Interfaith campus partnerships are building bridges to overcome our divisions
In an article first published on Religion News Service, SHIRLEY HOOGSTRA, president of the US-based Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, and EBOO PATEL, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, write about a new partnership aimed at overcoming religious divides…
ESSAY: ACADEMIC FREEDOM – REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST UNIVERSITIES IN MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES
In an article first published on The Conversation, KIRSTEN ROBERTS LYER, an associate professor at Central European University, outlines the findings of her research into how governments are increasingly restricting the ability of universities to teach and conduct research…
ESSAY: SOCIALISM NOT THE ANSWER STUDENTS NEED
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER says despite the faults of capitalism, embracing a path to Marxism is not the answer…