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Other nations offer similar “golden visas.” </div></div></a></li> <li data-view="listing" data-type="csm_article" class=""><a href="/USA/Education/2025/0226/university-of-austin-free-speech"><picture data-field="images" data-field-type="dam_images" class="" ><source media="(max-width: 576px)" data-alias="standard_600x400" data-srcset="//images.csmonitor.com/csm/2025/02/0226%20FAUSTINU%20lab%20LEDE.jpg?alias=standard_600x400 1x, //images.csmonitor.com/csm/2025/02/0226%20FAUSTINU%20lab%20LEDE.jpg?alias=standard_900x600 2x" /><source media="(max-width: 992px)" data-alias="standard_900x600" data-srcset="//images.csmonitor.com/csm/2025/02/0226%20FAUSTINU%20lab%20LEDE.jpg?alias=standard_900x600" /><source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-alias="standard_600x400" data-srcset="//images.csmonitor.com/csm/2025/02/0226%20FAUSTINU%20lab%20LEDE.jpg?alias=standard_600x400" /><img src="//images.csmonitor.com/csm/2025/02/0226%20FAUSTINU%20lab%20LEDE.jpg?alias=standard_600x400" data-sizes="auto" data-ratio="standard" class="" alt="Eliah Overbey, assistant professor of bioastronautics at the University of Austin, works with tools in a lab" ></picture><div><span data-view="kicker" data-kicker-type="internal_tags" data-type="csm_article">Focus</span><span data-view="inline" data-type="csm_podcast_episode" class="content-title"><span data-field="title" data-field-type="ezstring" >University of Austin was founded on free speech. 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