Scholar Rescue

The Institute of International Education is pleased to announce the publication of "Scholar Rescue in the Modern World", a new report by IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund. The report indicates that intimidation, repression, and fear have threatened to silence surprisingly high numbers of the world's academics and forced many others to flee their homelands in search of a safe space to pursue their work.

The report proposes a number of new ideas and programs to mitigate the persecution of academics worldwide. These include, for example, publishing an annual index of academic oppression, developing a UN convention against the persecution of scholars, decreasing barriers for academics to cross borders, establishing centers of excellence and refuge for persecuted scholars, and developing scenarios that might predict the next big academic crisis. The report also highlights case studies of several scholars who have been helped by the Fund. The report has been generously funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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The following sections comprise the report:
SCHOLAR RESCUE IN THE MODERN WORLD

Letter From the Chairman
Dr. Henry G. Jarecki

Preface
Dr. Allan E. Goodman

Introduction
Section 1: Endangered Scholars

Section 2: The Nature and Motives of Scholar Persecution

Section 3: What Do Countries That Oppress Scholars Have in Common?

Section 4: Conclusions, Questions, and Recommendations