Anti-terror" tactics chill US campuses
06/28/05
Washington's war on terror may be quietly taking a toll on unsuspecting quarters -- America's universities. ... The key issues here are twofold. First, restrictive U.S. visa and security policies continue to discourage and prevent many exceptionally talented students and scholars from even attempting to pursue their studies and careers in the United States. Second, the silencing effects of post-Sept. 11 antiterror policies continue to resonate on U.S. university campuses. Campuses are not in a new McCarthy era, but views outside the mainstream are less welcome than before -- a development contributing little to the war on terrorism...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/27/opinion/edsidel.php
from International Herald Tribune, by Mark Sidel
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Washington's war on terror may be quietly taking a toll on unsuspecting quarters -- America's universities. ... The key issues here are twofold. First, restrictive U.S. visa and security policies continue to discourage and prevent many exceptionally talented students and scholars from even attempting to pursue their studies and careers in the United States. Second, the silencing effects of post-Sept. 11 antiterror policies continue to resonate on U.S. university campuses. Campuses are not in a new McCarthy era, but views outside the mainstream are less welcome than before -- a development contributing little to the war on terrorism...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/27/opinion/edsidel.php
from International Herald Tribune, by Mark Sidel
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 29. Jun, 14:38
