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'Falling Behind?'
A new book challenges the conventional notion that the U.S. is producing too few science and engineering graduates to meet its workforce needs and remain globally competitive.
Too Many Sorbonnes?
The venerable term is now used by three universities and three institutional clusters in Paris.
Seizing a Sculpture
At Canada's Capilano University, the administration confiscates a professor's work caricaturing the president on the grounds that it constitutes "harassment."
Laureate Looks Forward
Laureate Education's CEO, Douglas Becker, talks about how the huge for-profit higher-ed company works across 30 countries, where it has hit snags, and what comes next.
Belarus to Bologna
The former Soviet satellite works to raise university standards and to court foreign students
Costs Shift to Students in Australia
Government's "radical" changes will let institutions set their own tuition fees and require students to pay interest on their loans at lower income thresholds.
State Regulation of Study Abroad?
Minnesota lawmakers are poised to pass legislation requiring colleges to report on the safety of study abroad programs; bill in New York would mandate disclosure of financial relationships with providers.
Irish Bid for Online Market
Would a joint effort allow the universities to find a niche in digital education?