April 3, 2017
Distinguished academic and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Louise Richardson has joined CEU's Board of Trustees and sent a letter to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in support of CEU as it fights to maintain its academic freedom. Richardson was elected to CEU's Board of Trustees on March 19, 2017.
April 3, 2017
Laszlo Solyom, who served as President of Hungary from 2005 to 2010, expressed his support for CEU in a statement.
April 3, 2017
Budapest, April 3 – CEU has submitted to all Members of the Hungarian Parliament a legal memorandum raising substantial issues about the legality and constitutionality of the proposed amendment to Act CCIV of 2011 on national higher education. CEU will continue to contest this law using all available legal means in Hungary and in the EU.
Expressions of support for CEU and for preserving academic freedom in Hungary, and objections to the proposed legislation, continue to pour in from Hungary and around the world.
March 31, 2017
Budapest, March 31 – The notification received from Hungary’s Educational Authority that CEU New York meets conditions for operations in Hungary under the current National Higher Education Act, described in a press release earlier today, refers to CEU’s submission of 17 programs for examination by the Educational Authority.
March 31, 2017
PRESS RELEASE UPDATE: Budapest, April 3 -- Now over 500 prominent U.S. and European academics, including 20 Nobel Laureates have signed an open letter in support of Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Attached below is a live document that will be updated as more academics add their support. Two of the Nobel Laureates are cognitive scientists. The letter from academics in that field is available here.
March 31, 2017
Budapest, March 31 -- While CEU has been heartened by the outpouring of support for our university in Hungary and abroad, the defense of our academic freedom is not a partisan political issue. Academic freedom in Hungary and should be the concern of all Hungarian citizens.
March 31, 2017
Budapest, March 31, 2017 – Central European University (CEU) utterly rejects the Prime Minister of Hungary's false allegations that CEU is “cheating.” Contrary to the Prime Minister's statement, there is no current Hungarian law that requires universities to have operations in their home countries in order to award degrees in Hungary. CEU is accredited to award Hungarian and U.S. degrees.
March 30, 2017
Budapest, March 30, 2017 – Following a meeting with Hungarian government officials yesterday, Central European University (CEU) remains concerned the government does not yet fully realize the implications of the proposed legislation. It remains unclear to CEU why the legislation is necessary, given CEU's full compliance with Hungarian law, and widespread acknowledgement of CEU’s contributions to Hungarian academic life.
March 28, 2017
CEU is demanding an immediate correction, with threat of legal penalties, to the defamatory article that has appeared in Origo containing outright falsehoods about our operation, based on a leaked report from the Education Ministry, that the ministry has not had the courtesy to share with us.
March 28, 2017
Central European University (CEU) expresses its opposition to proposed amendments to Act CCIV of 2011 on National Higher Education, tabled in Hungarian Parliament today. After careful legal study, CEU has concluded that these amendments would make it impossible for the University to continue its operations as an institution of higher education in Budapest, CEU's home for 25 years. CEU is in full conformity with Hungarian law. The proposed legislation targets CEU directly and is therefore discriminatory and unacceptable.
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