Foreign countries

Outside of medicine, collaboration between research elites and poor nations is limited, study finds.

Academics see ominous provisions in new higher ed law.

Analysis of Italian Ph.D. graduates finds that the milk as well as the cream leave.

Country makes large investments in universities, but experts say cultural issues could limit progress.

As European Union increases funding for military research, some fear where drone studies could go.

In many countries, public higher education no longer dominates, report finds.

Scholars hope for more freedom in post-Robert Mugabe era. Many call for revoking Grace Mugabe’s Ph.D. as a key first step toward ending government intrusions.

Observers expect a “market-oriented” approach, focused on the economy.

In Germany, they fear online harassment and the watchful eyes of those who support the Turkish government.