International University Leaders Convene to Discuss Threats to Academic Freedom
Ryan Quinn | 24 October 2024 | Inside Higher Ed
Liviu Matei knows firsthand what it looks like when an authoritarian leader seeks to reshape higher education.
Matei was provost at Central European University when the parliament led by Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, passed a law in 2017 essentially forcing his institution out of the country. The law supposedly targeted foreign branch campuses, but many saw it as an attack on a university founded by liberal Hungarian American financier George Soros…