Propaganda and pressure are already undoing universities, turning them into something else entirely. Russian universities, state-funded and state-regulated institutions, have never had a chance to become fully autonomous. This is not only their predicament. It is notable that there has only been one letter of protest, signed by five solitary academics, from China. We must do everything in our power to ensure that this never happens to a higher education system again. Constitutional protection of university autonomy, internationalisation, diversified funding can work in democratic states, but they are not enough to safeguard universities against totalitarianism. We must figure out what is.
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