Belarus University
Belarus
In September, the Ministry of Education twice ordered Alexander Kazulin, Rector of the Belarusian State University, to liquidate the International Humanities Institute (IHI), an independent educational entity that was affiliated with Belarusian State University and that received funding from international Jewish organizations. The IHI offered instruction in several fields, and specialized in Judaica studies. The Ministry of Education did not cite any reasons for seeking IHI's liquidation. On September 23, the executive board of Belarusian State University decided to re-designate the IHI as the "Humanities Institute of Belarusian State University," which permitted the institution to continue its various educational programs. Some Jewish groups expressed concerns that the move to liquidate the Institute was motivated by government retaliation for the August closure of the Israeli Embassy in Minsk and by a request of the Metropolitan Filaret who reportedly objected to the Jud ... [Read More]
2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Belarus
The Government continued to restrict academic freedom, in part by requiring all educational institutions to teach, and all students to study, the official state ideology, a concept which combines reverence for the achievements of the Soviet Union and Belarus under Lukashenko with advocacy of an authoritarian, Soviet style, political and social structure. In April, the Ministry of Education announced that all higher education establishments, regardless of whether they are private or state run universities, must adhere to state standards. On July 26, the Government cited a failure to meet "state standards of education" when it closed the European Humanities University (EHU), the country's premier independent university, by depriving it of premises. On September 23, President Lukashenko declared that the Government had closed EHU and the Belarusian National Humanities Lyceum, closed in 2003, because the schools sought to educate a new national elite that would turn the country to the West ... [Read More]
Ambassador Michael Kozak announced a major U.S. book donation to Minsk State Linguistic University at the opening of the 5th International Conference of Teachers of English in Minsk. Valued at $9,993, the donation consists of 3,714 copies of 215 titles, and in includes English teaching materials, U.S. government publications, audio and video courses to enhance classes taught at the university. ... A discussion on the "U.S. Experience: New Technologies in Continuing Education" launched the week. The event was a joint project of participants in U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs and the Information Resource Center (IRC) at the U.S. Embassy's Public Affairs Section. It brought together a group of over 20 university administrators, representatives of the Ministry of High Education, and specialists to discuss practices and problems related to adult education in Belarus. ... [Read More]
Situation of Human Rights in Belarus
(h) About the revocation of the licence of the European Humanities University (EHU) and the continued pressure exerted by the Belarusian authorities on the EHU and other academic institutions; ... [Read More]
The American Studies Collection – Study of the U.S.
Babes-Bolyai University, ... Aristotle University, ... University of World Economy and Diplomacy ... [Read More]
Eurasia Educational Advising Centers EducationUSA
Syktyvkar State University ... Tomsk State University ... Akaki Tsereteli State University ... [Read More]
Belarusian Steps Against Academic Freedom, Right of Assembly
On July 21, the Belarusian Government informed the European Humanities University, a respected private institution of higher learning, that it would terminate the lease on the building housing most of European Humanitarian University's academic programs and facilities. This step, along with continuing Belarusian Government attempts to force European Humanitarian Universitys rector, Anatoly Mikhailov, to resign, will require European Humanitarian University to suspend its operations, jeopardizing the future of the university, its students and faculty, along with its vital contributions to intellectual thought and academic freedom in Belarus. ... [Read More]
Freedom Support Educational Partnerships Program – Project Profiles – Educational Partnerships Program
San Francisco State University is working with Novosibirsk State University to develop a university based teacher preparation program in Orientation and Mobility. This program prepares teachers of visually impaired students to independently navigate through their home/work/school environments. The proposed enrolls 2 faculty members from Novosibirsk State University in the 17-month Orientation and Mobility program at San Francisco State University. On their return, these faculty members will set up a 12-month training program in Novosibirsk and will enroll the first cohort of teacher-trainees. ... [Read More]
Reports, International Education Week 2001
Texas Tech University (Lubbock) ... Public Forum on the Future of International Educational Exchange (George Washington University) ... Florida International University (Miami) ... [Read More]
"For the Record" Alumni Newsletter – Office of Academic Exchange Programs, European Programs Branch
Muskie alumnus Timur Turgenbayev and American Councils organized a three-day seminar on key issues of economic transformation using Latin America as a case study. The seminars where held at Novosibirsk State University and Irkutsk State University. Turgenbayev conducted his Masters study in economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994. ... Marisa Fedosik, a Regional Scholar from Minsk, Belarus, met African-American writer Ishmael Reed at a conference at the University of California, Davis, this spring. Fedosik is currently researching the work of Reed at Iowa State University. Of the meeting, Fedosik said, "I learned so much about his work that I wouldn't be able to find in any book. And moreover, I got to know him in person and this gives me inspiration and desire to go on with my work." Fedosik has invited Reed to come to Belarus to lecture on African American literature and his work. ... [Read More]
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