Protecting Higher Education from Attack—Report

Peta Lee summarizes in University World News a recent report commissioned by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), which catalogues violence, abuse, and intimidation in nearly 40 countries experienced by universities and their staff and students. The report recommends more physical security on campuses and institutional independence in order to "safeguard a university and its personnel from accusations of being linked to the agenda of any one particular political, ethnic or sectarian group."