Leaders in India, Hungary and the US are using appeals to nostalgia and nationalism to attack higher education

By Riyad A. Shahjahan, Professor of Higher, Adult and Life Long Education, Michigan State University
Michalinos Zembylas, Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies, Open University of Cyprus

Harvard University is under siege by the Trump administration – and the world is watching. But this case isn’t just an American issue.

It’s part of a global trend: universities cast as enemies and institutions in need of reform. Populist, right-wing governments are blaming universities for

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