Israeli Panel Convenes to Lower Tuition; Chinese Students Win Suit to Gain Canadian Visas; U. of British Columbia Gives Up Internet-Address Duties

Israel's Commission for Lowering University Tuition convened for the first time last week, beginning a process that may lead to major changes in how that country's universities are financed.

In keeping with his campaign promise to lower tuition, Prime Minister Ehud Barak gave the commission a name that is also an explicit mandate.

Student participation on the commission is higher than on previous tuition-setting commissions, with four students on the

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