December 4, 2008

Graduate Schools Seeking International Partners Need Clearer Guidelines, Educators Say

By Karin Fischer

Washington

A growing number of American graduate schools are moving to establish joint-degree or dual-degree programs with international universities—38 percent of all graduate schools have at least one such degree or certificate program, according to the Council of Graduate Schools, and 31 percent plan to start one in the next two years.

But as a workshop held Wednesday during the council's annual meeting here made clear, there is much uncertainty among educators about how to fashion

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