International higher education

The latest Web sites to attack academics who criticize Israel focuses on academics in Israel.

The weak dollar is taking a toll on American students abroad and Chinese students in Europe.

Georgetown University will become the next American college to offer degrees in the Middle East.

A study of industrialized nations finds Sweden has the most affordable higher education system and the Netherlands has the most accessible.

Middlebury College, a liberal arts institution in Vermont, is negotiating to take over a graduate school in California.

Asked to predict which institution would join Southern Methodist University in the pantheon of worst rules violators in the history of college sports -- becoming only the second recipient of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's so-called death penalty -- most observers would have guessed highly visible repeat wrongdoers like Auburn University or the University of Kentucky.

A new for-profit player -- Whitney International U. -- has ambitions to operate all over the world, and to offer teacher education in the U.S.

Facing growing international criticism, a union will hold another vote

After 25 years with minimal contact, American colleges and academics are rebuilding connections and exchange programs.

Degree-granting American campuses in Qatar reflect shift in role colleges play globally -- and efforts in China may be about to take off.