U.S. Colleges in the World

NYU reinvents itself as a "global network university," but critics at home question the creation of campuses in nondemocratic countries and the effect of rapid international expansion on programs in Greenwich Village.

As countries vow to become international centers for higher education, can educators distinguish between hype and reality? How do hubs differ?

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.

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.

UN objects to a British institution's branch in Cyprus.

U. of Queensland graduates its first class from its clinical school in Louisiana as medical education in general grows more international.

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.