Handbooks

Scholars at Risk has created a variety of handbooks intended to help network members and scholars with hosting, speaking arrangements, Student Advocacy Seminars, and facilitating on-campus discussions about the importance of core higher education values. The How to Host, Speaker Series, and Scholar publications were made possible by support from the Vivian G. Prins Foundation and by the scholars, individuals, and campuses who shared their experiences.

Student Advocacy Seminar Handbook

Student Advocacy Seminar Handbook

SAR’s Student Advocacy Seminars are an exciting experiential-learning program designed to give students the opportunity to develop human rights research and advocacy skills through direct engagement on behalf of threatened members of the global higher education community. Learn more about

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Promoting Higher Education Values: A Guide for Discussion

Promoting Higher Education Values: A Guide for Discussion

Promoting Higher Education Values: A Guide for Discussion is intended to frame and facilitate discussion about higher education values and their implementation in a wide range of settings. It starts from the view that healthy higher education communities matter enormously. But to

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Promoting Higher Education Values: Workshop Supplement

Promoting Higher Education Values: Workshop Supplement

The Promoting Higher Education: A Guide for Discussion Workshop Supplement is a companion piece to the separate publication, Promoting Higher Education Values: A Guide for Discussion, and the free online course, Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters.  The Guide is intended to frame and

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How to Host Handbook

How to Host Handbook

Scholars at Risk's How to Host Handbook is primarily for officers, administrators, faculty and others at higher education institutions as they explore their interest in, plan for, and host threatened scholars and other intellectuals as visiting scholars on their campuses.

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Scholar Guide

Scholar Guide

The Scholar Handbook offers advice and guidance to assist scholars in their transition to a new university community and, perhaps most importantly, in determining their short-term and long-term plans for the future.

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