April 25, 2003

Universities in Argentina Shut Down in Protest; China Eases Way for Foreign Institutions

Thirty public universities in Argentina shut down for a day last month in a nationwide protest designed to focus attention on stubborn financial problems that have left some institutions on the brink of collapse.

The protest came after the government angered university officials in February by using nearly $2-million in funds slated for public universities to cover other expenses, said Albino Dabove, communications director of the National Inter-University Council, an organization of

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