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February 8, 2008
TO INDIA BY ANY MEANS
American colleges eager to enter the highly restricted but enormous Indian market are forming partnerships with unregulated private institutions there.
November 1, 2007
GLOBAL U.
Portland State University, on the Pacific Rim, trains its graduates for a world in which an understanding of other cultures, economies, and political systems is crucial.
September 7, 2007
STUDY ABROAD GROWS UP
As spending a semester overseas becomes more popular, colleges struggle to create practical standards.
August 16, 2007
Study-abroad
providers are new target of investigation by New York State attorney general
August 15, 2007
Colleges
defend the costs of study-abroad programs
As interest
in studying abroad grows, colleges struggle with cost, quality,
and oversight
June 29, 2007
GOING FAR, DOING GOOD
Public research universities in the United States use strategic partnerships around the world to help people at home as well as those abroad.
THINK GLOBALLY, ACT GLOBALLY
Want to internationalize your college's programs? First, set a daunting goal, writes JoAnn S. McCarthy, assistant provost for international affairs at the University of Pennsylvania.
June 1, 2007
CULTURAL ENGINEERING
Study-abroad programs for American engineers in training, while still small, are growing as industry becomes more international.
Steven Feroli and Tarra Epstein, engineering students in Worchester Polytechnic Institute's global-studies program, traveled to Namibia to teach people about energy-saving technologies. (Photograph by Richard Howard)
April 27, 2007
HIRING IN TONGUES
Demand for programs in Chinese, Arabic, and other strategically important languages is high, but not enough instructors are available.
March 30, 2007
DUCK AND COVER
With more students studying abroad, and in places farther afield, colleges try to limit their liability by looking to companies that provide rescue services as well as insurance.
March 2, 2007
GOING GLOBAL
The Chronicle introduces a series of articles that examines how American colleges meet the challenges of internationalization.
CORNELL GOES TO INDIA
A recent whirlwind trip by university officials. Read the transcript of a live discussion of the issues raised in this article.
'POTENTIAL SLEAZE': If India allows colleges to set up campuses there, the huge market may attract institutions interested only in the money.
Chronicle Audio: Listen to an interview with the reporter about his trip to India with a delegation from Cornell U.
BACKGROUND:
ANSWERING AMERICA'S INVITATION
The number of foreign students in the United States remained steady last academic year, ending two years of declines, an annual report says. (November 17, 2006)
'CAN'T LIVE IN A BUBBLE': Globalizing higher education is crucial but could lead to brain drains, most college leaders around the world said in a survey. (October 27, 2006)
BUFFALO MEETS SINGAPORE
Despite some costly flops, a rapidly growing number of American colleges are setting up shop in foreign students' own countries. (February 17, 2006)
GOLD RUSH OR QUAGMIRE?
Foreign universities in China find that making money there isn't as easy as they may have hoped. (February 17, 2006)
PASSPORT TO A DIPLOMA
American colleges are coming up with strategies and programs to encourage more students to go abroad for part of their education. (November 19, 2004)
THE TRULY GLOBAL CAMPUS
When they design international-education programs, colleges should give weight to educational as well as entrepreneurial goals, write Madeleine Green and Michael Baer of the American Council on Education. (November 9, 2001)
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