Global

16 months after Duke faculty approved a campus, costs are rising and professors are voicing concerns about the endeavor.

Vanderbilt students seek to keep the university from setting up an education school in Abu Dhabi -- even before administrators announce their plans.

Programs that pay for study of strategic languages and regions could be cut by as much as 40 percent. Advocates fear the new budget is a "game changer" going forward to 2012.

At conference of education abroad professionals, one question was how best to use the urban centers as texts.

Many international students feel at home on their college campuses, but have a low sense of belonging in the U.S. and problems making the transition to American culture, a survey finds.

Following closely watched debate, a South African university will halt work with an Israeli university with which it has cooperated for years.

Campus leaders from Abu Dhabi, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore debate whether institutions should be judged by Western or local criteria -- and whether geography defines higher education.

What will the next generation of university centers look like? Experts discuss how Qatar and the United Arab Emirates illustrate the choices before many countries.