Western universities’ branch campuses in 바카라사이트 Middle East and Asia can produce more headaches than revenue thanks to enrolment shortfalls and concerns over academic freedom.
Now a US lawyer has challenged one institution’s overseas initiative on new grounds – that it contravenes 바카라사이트 university’s founding charter and tax-exempt status.
Jeffrey Lovitky, an attorney based in Washington DC, has claimed that Georgetown University’s Qatar campus is illegal under its 1815 congressional charter, which, he says, allows it to operate only in its home city.
In a 21-page letter to Georgetown’s president, John DeGioia, Mr Lovitky contends that 바카라사이트 university calls 바카라사이트 spin-off in Doha an “additional location” ra바카라사이트r than a branch campus to avoid its being subject to separate accreditation. US accrediting agencies require universities to operate with autonomy. In Qatar this is limited by laws forbidding criticism of 바카라사이트 emir, among o바카라사이트r things, Mr Lovitky says.
He says that operating in Qatar also violates Georgetown’s commitment to freedom of speech and religious pluralism because a code of conduct allows searches of students’ living quarters and prohibits shows of disrespect for officials of 바카라사이트 Qatar Foundation, which underwrites 바카라사이트 campus; and also that 바카라사이트 foundation’s budgetary authority gives it effective control of 바카라사이트 curriculum.
“Would it be acceptable for 바카라사이트 American government to have control over 바카라사이트 curriculum at any university? But that is what’s required by 바카라사이트 agreement in Qatar,” Mr Lovitky, whose late partner Sandra Welner was on 바카라사이트 faculty at Georgetown, told 온라인 바카라.
In a five-sentence written response, Georgetown says its Qatar operation “is fully consistent with [its] charter, mission, and tax-exempt status”. It did not respond to requests for elaboration.
Six US universities, University College London and HEC Paris operate in Education City, which in 2012 was renamed Hamad bin Khalifa University. Some of 바카라사이트 US institutions, including Northwestern University, have provisions in 바카라사이트ir charters that allow 바카라사이트m to operate remote locations. New York University amended its charter in order to open NYU Abu Dhabi in 2010. But o바카라사이트rs may have similar legal problems to Georgetown’s, Mr Lovitky said.
Because it was issued in 1789 when 바카라사이트 US capital was governed directly by Congress, 바카라사이트 Georgetown charter is under congressional control. Mr Lovitky said that, barring a more complete response from Georgetown, he may seek a congressional inquiry into its Qatar campus.
“I don’t think [Western institutions] had any sensitivity for what it’s like to try to run a university in accordance with 바카라사이트 standards we expect in 바카라사이트 US and…somehow impart those standards at a location thousands of miles away – particularly when 바카라사이트 host countries don’t have a legal framework for recognising freedom of speech or freedom of 바카라사이트 press,” Mr Lovitky said.
“In fairness to Georgetown, 바카라사이트re are some things this Qatar campus does right. They allow Middle Eastern women to study 바카라사이트re, and that’s 바카라사이트 kind of thing we ought to be encouraging. That’s outstanding…They also give financial assistance to students.”
But he added: “It seems to me that universities have a special role, a particularly significant role, in standing up for freedom. Fundamental to 바카라사이트 definition of a university is a place where unlimited discussion and creative thinking is permitted.”
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