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U.S. government funding for the university expires this spring, and it's uncertain whether it will be renewed. Oversight bodies have raised concerns about the institution's governance and fiscal controls.

Federal officials have been scrutinizing foreign research ties for evidence of inappropriate influence. Now state lawmakers in Florida will do the same, raising concerns about potentially duplicative oversight.

Objection is to a system that greatly favors residents of large cities.

A new network of international education professionals is trying to get the field to face the crisis of climate change -- and the carbon emissions generated by student air travel -- head-on.

Civil service hostility and legislative complexities seen as obstacles.

British university sets limits -- and sets off debate.

International students say they were recruited by the University of Farmington -- set up by the U.S. government as part of a sting operation focused on student visa fraud -- after their institutions lost accreditation. Some blame the government for setting the students up.

Critics fear system will deepen divides among the country's universities.