The U.S. State Department is repeating its call for Hungary to “engage directly†with a university founded by billionaire George Soros which may have to leave Budapest because of recent amendments to the law on higher education.
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State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tuesday that the U.S. government wants Hungary to suspend the implementation of the new “discriminatory, onerous requirements,†which she says threaten academic freedom and independence.
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Nauert said in a statement that the U.S. government “has no authority or intention†to negotiate about Central European University, as sought by Hungarian officials.
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Zoltan Balog, who oversees education as Hungary’s minister of human resources, told news site Index.hu on Monday that he expected to receive a letter on the matter from U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. [Read More]
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