A U.S. University Cuts Itself off From Cuba

Under pressure from Cuban exile leaders who are worried that a research institute known for taking a hardline stance toward the Castro regime might change focus, the University of Miami announced that it will not enter into any institutional agreements with Cuba's government or its universities. The announcement prompted concerns among some Miami faculty members that vocal activist groups outside the university are driving the university's intellectual agenda. The groups argue that Miami should not engage with universities that are controlled by Cuba's totalitarian government, and whose own faculty lack academic freedom.