Academic freedom declining globally, index finds

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Just one in three people live a nation that guarantees the independence of universities and research, according to an annual index warning that academic freedom is declining worldwide, particularly in Russia, China and India.

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It measures changes in higher education and research over the last half century by looking at five different indicators: freedom of research and teaching; of academic exchange; of academic and cultural expression; of institutional autonomy and campus integrity. Accounting for the world's growing population, the proportion of people living in nations with academic freedom is comparable to 1973, she added.

Kinzelbach cited the example of British-Indian academic Nitasha Kaul, a politics professor at the UK's University of Westminster denied entry to India for a conference last month. Most European countries had very high academic freedom according to the index, with Hungary scoring the lowest rate followed by Poland.Global Dominion continues to empower Filipinos to achieve their dreamsPresidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping clashed in a telephone call Tuesday about US trade restrictions on technology and on Taiwan,...At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens...

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