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Archives: Education
![Now they hate Universities: Trumpie anti-Intellectualism infects GOP](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/now-they-hate-universities-trump-187x137.jpg)
![Coultergate and the Truth About Campus Speech](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/coultergate-and-the-truth-about-187x137.jpg)
Coultergate and the Truth About Campus Speech
David Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - The cancellation of human outrage machine Ann Coulter’s speech at the University of California-Berkeley has generated yet another round of pearl-clutching and hand-wringing about…![AG Jeff Sessions implies Asian-Americans in Hawaii not Real Americans](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/ag-jeff-sessions-implies-asian-a-187x137.jpg)
AG Jeff Sessions implies Asian-Americans in Hawaii not Real Americans
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Attorney-General Jeff Sessions was caught on tape saying the following: "“We are confident that the President will prevail on appeal and particularly in…![Give us your Huddled Scientists: France woos US Climate Researchers, Inventors in age of Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/give-us-your-huddled-scientists-187x137.jpg)
Give us your Huddled Scientists: France woos US Climate Researchers, Inventors in age of Trump
By Frédéric Simon | EurActiv.com | - - The United States of America. Home of the free. Land of the brave. And, until Donald Trump became president, a beacon of science, research…![Would US have more security if it spent on Global Ed instead of on War industries?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/would-us-have-more-security-if-i-187x137.jpg)
Would US have more security if it spent on Global Ed instead of on War industries?
By Jeffrey D. Sachs | (Project Syndicate) | - - NEW YORK – The United States needs to shift its spending from war to education, from CIA-backed regime change to a new…![Purge of teachers and academics bulldozes through Turkish education](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/purge-of-teachers-and-academics-1-187x137.jpg)
Purge of teachers and academics bulldozes through Turkish education
By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | - - As news of the attempted military coup in Turkey unfolded, I was in Pennsylvania. Travelling in the US, I had coincidentally found myself…![Trump University Was Textbook case of Fraud (TYT)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/trump-university-was-textbook-ca-187x137.jpg)
Trump University Was Textbook case of Fraud (TYT)
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "Donald Trump is in a lot of trouble since a judge unsealed the documents of the Trump University case. This has the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/countthedeadturse-1-180x137.jpg)
Student Protest, Black Lives Matter, & the Corporate University
By Aviva Chomsky | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - During the past academic year, an upsurge of student activism, a movement of millennials, has swept campuses across the country and attracted the attention…![Caravan Schools and educating Syrian Refugee Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/caravan-schools-and-educating-sy-187x137.jpg)
Caravan Schools and educating Syrian Refugee Children
By Samantha Schmidt | ( Yes | - - In response to overcrowded public schools in countries neighboring Syria, caravan schools provide refugees with free education to keep them from falling behind.…![Anti-Muslim Bigotry @ Idaho State to cost Pocatello $400 mn./ yr](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/anti-muslim-bigotry-idaho-state-187x137.jpg)
Anti-Muslim Bigotry @ Idaho State to cost Pocatello $400 mn./ yr
Jay Hidlebrandt, Karole Honas, Misty Inglet | - KIFI Local News 8 | - - "The Idaho U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson held a press conference in Pocatello Thursday to address the recent…![And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/and-the-best-teacher-in-the-worl-187x137.jpg)
And the Best Teacher in the World is . . . a Palestinian
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A Palestinian teacher from the occupied West Bank on Sunday won the Varkey Foundation's 2016 Global Teacher's Prize "for her work educating children…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/image-20160205-18284-do21b0-187x137.jpg)
End of Research in Egypt? The murder of my friend Giulio Regeni is an attack on academic freedom
By Neil Pyper | (the Conversation) | The body of Giulio Regeni was discovered in a ditch in Cairo on February 2, showing evidence of torture, and a slow and horrific death.…![Rural Fury over Arabic Script in World Cultures Module forces closing of Augusta, Va. Schools](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/rural-fury-over-arabic-script-in-187x137.jpg)
Rural Fury over Arabic Script in World Cultures Module forces closing of Augusta, Va. Schools
AJ+ | (Video news report) | - - "VA's Augusta County School District shut down over security concerns posed by parents who were angry about an Arabic calligraphy lesson. Officials didn't mention…![Pakistan’s New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/pakistans-new-weapon-against-tal-187x137.jpg)
Pakistan’s New Weapon Against Taliban Is Education
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "One year after 132 kids were killed in a school attack, Pakistan's army has found another way to fight the Taliban. " Pakistan's New…![400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can’t Go To School In Turkey](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/400000-syrian-refugee-children-c-187x137.jpg)
400,000 Syrian Refugee Children Can’t Go To School In Turkey
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - "Even though Syrian refugee children can legally go to school in Turkey, language barriers and economic struggles make it hard for them to actually attend."…![Education under occupation: everyday disruption at a Palestinian university](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/education-under-occupation-every-187x137.jpg)
Education under occupation: everyday disruption at a Palestinian university
Brendan Browne | (The Conversation) | - - As the clock moves towards 12.45pm I begin to anxiously await the flurry of emails that I’ve come to expect in advance of my…![How the Israel Lobbies hurt U of Illinois-UC and damaged our 1st Amendment (Salaita Case)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/how-the-israel-lobbies-hurt-u-of-187x137.jpg)
How the Israel Lobbies hurt U of Illinois-UC & 1st Amendment (Salaita Case)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - There is no honor among thieves or ideologues, and it is sad to see a great university's leadership descend into petty squabbling and…![Hillary v. Bernie on Student Debt: Whose Plan is more Progressive?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/hillary-v-bernie-on-student-debt-187x137.jpg)
Hillary v. Bernie on Student Debt: Whose Plan is more Progressive?
AJ+ | (Video report) | - - "Hillary Clinton announced on August 9 her New College Compact plan to tackle America's $1 trillion student debt problem. Clinton worked with education experts on…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/339943C-187x137.jpg)
Teaching tolerance: Five Israeli schools unite Jews and Palestinians
By: Anna Kokko | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - JAFFA (Ma'an) -- Paper lanterns crafted for Ramadan are hanging over the heads of children as they run between a snack table…![For Gaza Children, Returning to School reminder of Dead, Wounded Classmates](http://web.archive.org./web/20170921195841im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/for-gaza-children-returning-to-s-187x137.jpg)