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. CEU calls
on the government to scrap the legislation and enter into dialogue to
find a solution that allows CEU to continue in Budapest as a free and
independent international graduate university.
"Any legislative change that would force CEU to cease operation in
Budapest would damage Hungarian academic life and negatively impact
the government of Hungary's relations with its neighbors, its EU
partners and with the United States," said CEU President and Rector
Michael Ignatieff. "I call on the government to enter into
negotiations with us to find a satisfactory way forward that allows
CEU to continue in Budapest and to maintain the academic freedoms
essential to its operation."
https://www.ceu.edu/article/2017-03-28/ceu-responds-proposed-amendments-hungarian-higher-education-law
Proposed higher education law threatens Central European University
http://bbj.hu/economy/proposed-higher-education-law-threatens-central-european-university_130805
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