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Juan Perón

May 5, 2026

⛓️ Universities: canaries in the authoritarian coalmine

Jeremy Ko Populist governance poses a profound threat to universities, undermining the autonomy essential to knowledge production. Jeremy Ko and James F. Downes reveal how populist leaders invoking 'the people' against elites consistently reduce academic freedom – and right-wing variants accelerate the decline most sharply Read more

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