A third wave of autocratization is manifest today.1 Universities are no exception to the institutions that are affected by democratic backsliding in a given country: according to the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project, academic freedom has declined by 13 percent in autocratizing countries in the 2010–20 period, whereas almost no change has been recorded in other countries.2

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民主倒退与大学：控制与恢复之间

今天，第三波专制化浪潮已经显现。1大学也不例外，这些机构都受到特定国家民主倒退的影响：根据民主多样性 (V-Dem) 项目，2010-20 年期间，专制国家的学术自由度下降了 13%，而其他国家几乎没有发生任何变化。2