International Branch Campuses

Canceled Course Renews Academic Freedom Concerns

Oct 01, 2019

Yale report finds no violation of academic freedom in the cancellation of a course on dissent at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Experts say the incident points to tensions surrounding academic freedom in countries with limited political freedoms.

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Cancellation of course on dissent at Yale-NUS campus in Singapore prompted academic freedom inquiry

October 1, 2019

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Faculty at Kean U China campus won't be Kean employees for much longer

November 16, 2018

Faculty at Kean University's campus in China, currently employed by Kean, will soon be employed by the Chinese campus. Kean says it is retaining control over academics, but the faculty union says the change raises academic freedom concerns.

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Texas Tech opens a branch campus in Costa Rica

September 18, 2018

Texas Tech opens new campus in Costa Rica in collaboration with a multinational banking, hospitality and real estate company.

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China's Ministry of Education approves termination of more than 200 Chinese-foreign cooperative programs

July 11, 2018

China's Ministry of Education approves the termination of more than 200 Chinese-foreign partnerships. An expert says it's a cumulative list of all terminations since 2006.

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Why the University of Groningen canceled plans for branch campus in China

February 23, 2018

Dutch university calls off ambitious branch campus in China amid both practical objections to the campus plans and principled concerns about academic freedom.

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Qatar Foundation leader discusses Education City and the blockade's impact

July 31, 2017

Interview with leader from Qatar about the small country’s Education City, which has six U.S. university partners, and how it is coping with a blockade by five Arab nations.

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Foreign branch campuses in Qatar monitor major diplomatic rift

June 6, 2017

A diplomatic rift could have outsize impacts for international education, though university officials say it's still unclear what long-term impacts might be.

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Arizona embarks on plan to develop 25 global microcampuses

May 23, 2017

University of Arizona wants to establish more than 25 “microcampuses” -- capable of collectively educating more than 25,000 students -- at partner universities around the world.

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Indian university buys Long Island campus, cancels other proposed purchases under regulatory scrutiny

November 1, 2016

Under scrutiny from regulators in Massachusetts, where it hoped to acquire a campus, Amity University focuses its plans for U.S. expansion on just-purchased campus on Long Island.

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Ontario college to stop operating male-only campus in Saudi Arabia

August 17, 2016

Ontario college cites financial reasons in withdrawing from its male-only campus in Saudi Arabia, but others, citing human rights grounds, question the original decision to be there.

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