The Limits of Academic Freedom in the UAE

BY HANK REICHMAN In April I was privileged to appear on a program on academic freedom at New York University with Matthew Hedges and his wife, Daniela Tejada, sponsored by NYU’s AAUP chapter.  Hedges is a British scholar who was held in solitary confinement in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for almost six months after…

NYU Journalism Faculty Ends Ties With NYU-Abu Dhabi

BY HANK REICHMAN Members of the New York University (NYU) faculty have begun to speak out more forcefully against religious discrimination and limitations on academic freedom at the university’s United Arab Emirates (UAE) branch campus in Abu Dhabi.  Last week a majority of the senior faculty of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute signed a…