In India, Legislation Advances to Welcome Foreign Universities

A bill that would permit foreign universities to set up operation in India overcame a major hurdle this week when it was passed by the prime minister's cabinet. But the form its key regulations will take remains unclear.

The measure, which has lingered for almost four years since it was drafted, now has a stamp of approval from India's top ministers and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a longtime proponent of reform in the country's higher-education system. It must still

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