New Shipboard Academic Program to Set Sail Next Year

A cruise line and universities in several foreign countries have joined forces to offer an unusual shipboard academic program.

The Scholar Ship is scheduled to make its first voyage next January, when it will leave Athens on a 16-week cruise that will include stops in Morocco, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, India, and Cyprus. The program's sponsors include Royal Caribbean Cruises and a consortium of universities. Macquarie University, in Australia, will issue

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