In the Former Yugoslavia, Albanians Get Their Own Universities

By BURTON BOLLAG

Quality, not language, is now the issue

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Graphic: Higher Education in Kosovo and MacedoniaBy BURTON BOLLAG

As Yugoslavia disintegrated in the 1990s, disputes over the language of higher education for the Albanian minority became a major source of instability.

The issue was part of the conflict in Kosovo, the Albanian-populated province

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Past Coverage

A House Divided in Kosovo - March 7, 2003
Classes to Be Bilingual at University in Kosovo - October 8, 1999
In Wake of Serb Exodus, Almost All People at U. of Pristina Are Ethnic Albanians - December 17, 1999
In Wake of Serb Exodus, Almost All People at U. of Pristina Are Ethnic Albanians - December 17, 1999
Kosovo Albanians Supplant Serbs as New Order Reigns at U. of Pristina - August 6, 1999

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