The document is an effort to reverse troubling trends. Sijbolt Noorda, president emeritus of the University of Amsterdam: “If we look at the map of university autonomy or the map of university academic freedoms over the years, we see more difficulties and more deep challenges every year. The situation seems to go downhill rather than uphill.” David Lock, the group’s secretary-general: “Education is a human right…a public good.” Read more from Inside Higher Education.
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