October 5, 2009
America Falling: Longtime Dominance in Education Erodes
Noah Berger for The Chronicle
Students take notes in an overcrowded calculus class at De Anza College, a two-year institution in Cupertino, Calif. As America suffers from the worst recession in a generation, budget cuts threaten higher education at every level. In Asia, by contrast, some countries are investing in colleges to spur growth.
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Noah Berger for The Chronicle
Students take notes in an overcrowded calculus class at De Anza College, a two-year institution in Cupertino, Calif. As America suffers from the worst recession in a generation, budget cuts threaten higher education at every level. In Asia, by contrast, some countries are investing in colleges to spur growth.
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Henry T. Yang, a prominent engineer, is one of a half-dozen American academics and entrepreneurs who sit on an international panel that advises Singapore's government on its higher-education and research efforts. At its last meeting, the group reviewed plans for a new public university, the country's fourth.
Back at home, where Mr. Yang has been chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara since 1994, the situation is one of contraction, not expansion. Facing the
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