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Instability in Iraq
Once again universities in Iraq are caught in the middle of the conflict.
Hedging Bets
A new report from the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education argues that colleges should consider cross-border operations if they want to secure a spot in fast-changing higher education systems.
Fighting Plagiarism in Spain
U. of Granada tries to show that there is a path to assuring the integrity of student work.
U.K. Crackdown on Visa Fraud
The Home Office revokes the right to host foreign students for 3 universities and 57 private colleges and launches a criminal investigation into widespread English language testing fraud at Educational Testing Service centers.
Top Students Shun Teaching
Teacher training programs in Australia are attracting fewer and fewer of the brightest students entering the country's universities.
Scholarly Self-Censorship?
As London School of Economics studies its relationships with Chinese institutions, an American scholar issues a warning.
Questioning the Research Payoff
When developing nations invest in R&D, they may see only minimal economic results, report finds.
'Silenced, Expelled, Imprisoned'
New report from Amnesty International documents the increasing repression of Iranian scholars and students during the Ahmadinejad presidency.