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International Grad Student Apps Increase
Council of Graduate Schools survey shows 2 percent rise in international student applications, with more interest from India but drops in applications from China and for business degrees. Survey includes a first breakdown of applications by degree level.
Procrastination and Bogus Excuses
In Germany, university students who delay their work are more likely than others to lie about it and to engage in other forms of academic misconduct, study finds.
Scrutiny for Campuses in China
At congressional hearing, officials at American institutions operating in China say that academic freedom is preserved.
A Cheating Scandal With Diplomatic Dimensions
Saudi Arabian students are snared in a grade-change scandal at Montana Tech that became a diplomatic incident.
Universities Under Attack
New report documents a range of types of attacks on higher education worldwide, including killings, imprisonments, wrongful dismissals and expulsions, and restrictions on the movements of students and scholars.
From Beijing to Puget Sound
The University of Washington announces a new joint institute with China's Tsinghua University -- and $40 million in funding from Microsoft.
U.S. For-Profits in Brazil
Amid enrollment and revenue declines at home, American for-profit education companies have looked abroad, including to Brazil. But can -- and should -- Brazil's boom in proprietary education continue?
Global Approach to Ending Poverty
Some of the top poverty scholars in northern regions are now working with emerging academics from more southern countries, in hopes of expanding research on poverty.