European University Associations Warn Against Georgia’s Education Reform Plan

European rectors’ conferences from Austria, Germany, Poland and Slovakia have issued a rare joint warning over recent developments in Georgia’s higher education sector. In a coordinated statement, they express serious concern that the Georgian government’s newly published National Concept for Higher Education Reform threatens to dismantle university autonomy, undermine academic freedom and place universities under direct political control. The signatories call on the Georgian authorities to abandon the reform and urge European academic institutions to stand in solidarity with Georgian universities.

SOARCE: https://www.hrk.de/fileadmin/redaktion/hrk/02-Dokumente/02-02-PM/2025-12-18_CRASP-FHK-HRK-SRK-Uniko_Statement_Georgia.pdf