"Universities grapple with challenges to freedom, democracy" (Uni World News 26.10.24)
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Report on the two-hour conference "Universities, Governments, and Democracy: International Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Future Strategy," organized on October 23, 2024, by the Magna Charta Observatory (MCO), an international association of nearly 1,000 universities in nearly 100 countries, and PEN America. The article uses the United States, Brazil, and Hungary as country examples. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
Release date: 16.09.2025
Update: 16.09.2025
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