Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech

A revealing exposé on how foreign authoritarian influence is undermining freedom and integrity within American higher education institutions.

Finalist for the 2026 Excellence in Free Speech Scholarship Award of The Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center

In an era of globalized education, where ideals of freedom and inquiry should thrive, an alarming trend has emerged: foreign authoritarian regimes infiltrating American academia. In Authoritarians in the Academy, Sarah McLaughlin exposes how hig...