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Branch Anxieties
University officials consider challenges to campuses in other countries -- including MOOCs, the wrong kind of oversight, no oversight, shifting student demands and (when asked about it) lack of academic freedom.
Scholar Detained, Meeting Aborted
After one of its faculty members is turned away from Dubai, London School of Economics pulls out of joint conference with American U. of Sharjah.
'Debasing the Brand'
UNLV is the latest Western university to end its branch campus in Singapore -- at least in its current form.
Doctors Crossing Borders
U. of Queensland graduates its first class from its clinical school in Louisiana as medical education in general grows more international.
Try, Try Again
After withdrawing from the Gulf, George Mason plans to branch out once more -- participating in a South Korean university's effort to attract numerous foreign campuses.
Rules of Engagement
At U.S. branch campuses, protests often aren’t possible. What opportunities are there for political or social action?
A Call to Respect Rights
Over objections of Yale's president, professors approve measure demanding more attention to issues of freedom as university helps create new campus in Singapore.