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Rüegg, Walter (1992) "Themes" pages 3 to 34 in A History of the University in Europe, Vol. I: Universities in the Middle Ages edited by Hilde de Ridder-Symoens, Cambridge University Press. Rüegg, Walter (1996) "Themes" pages 3 to 42 in A History of the University in Europe, Vol. II: Universities in Early Modern Europe. Ed. Hilde de Ridder ...
The "Linguistic Wars" affected the Free University, which split along language lines in 1969 in the aftermath of student unrest at Leuven the previous year. Today, two institutions carry the "Free University of Brussels" name: the French-speaking Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Free education--at various levels--has been guaranteed by both domestic constitutions and in international human rights treaties.. The cost of education first became a subject of international law following World War I, although only for certain countries and only in limited situations.
The idea behind TEMPUS was that individual universities in the European Community could contribute to the process of rebuilding free and effective university systems in partner countries; and that a bottom-up process through partnerships with individual universities in these countries would provide a counterweight to the influence of the much ...
The first volume is dedicated to the emergence of the university in the Middle Ages and its development until around 1500. Volume II describes and analyzes the university from the Reformation until the French Revolution (1500–1800), volume III the rise of the modern university until World War II (1800–1945) and the last volume the post-war period up to the present time.
The Jan. 8 report of the American Association of University Professors and the American Association of Colleges and Universities on the state of academic freedom and civil discourse in America’s ...
The Office for Students has launched a consultation on new guidance about freedom of speech in higher education in England.
The Republican war on universities is the essential history behind the current conflicts on campuses, and my own campus, the University of Texas at Austin, is a case study in this crisis, writes ...