A New Indian University Hopes to Reform Public Education
Azim Premji University intends to train professionals and policy makers who can transform India's failed schools.
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The Epic, Secret Struggle to Educate Iran's Bahais
A persecuted population, against all odds, has created and sustained its own institute.
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Hard Lessons in Bahrain
Educational reform is important. But certain basic democratic social reforms must come first.
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Northern Arizona U. Overhauls Curriculum to Focus on 'Global Competence'
An ambitious effort to include global learning across the curriculum puts the university in the vanguard of a new movement.
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U.S. Hopes to 'Fix' Visa Problem Without Forcing Chinese Teachers to Leave
The State Department eases its earlier stance and says will investigate a "mess-up" involving some 600 teachers affiliated with university-based Confucius Institutes.
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State Department Directive Could Disrupt Confucius Institutes on Campuses
A memo warns that many teachers at the centers, which are a key piece of China's diplomatic outreach, are violating their visas and must leave next month.
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Russia's University Mergers Pit the Old School Against the New
Bringing together Soviet-style instructors and Western-influenced researchers has led to impasse, not improvement.
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Educators Debate Rankings' Negative Effects on Latin American Universities
Elite research institutions in the English-speaking world dominate international lists. Universities with different strengths lose out in decisions based on those lists.
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U.S. May Require College Language Programs to Get Special Accreditation
A Homeland Security agency has told university-run language programs they must show evidence of separate accreditation or risk losing eligibility to enroll foreign students.
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For Universities Looking Abroad, Brazil Promises Opportunity and Challenge
Drawn by the country's prosperity and commitment to higher education, British and American institutions are looking south. But partnerships aren't always easy to form.
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Europe's Austerity Measures Take Toll on Academe
Professors, postdocs, lecturers, researchers, and students are all feeling the effects of drastic measures from Portugal to Britain.
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What's in a Name? For Yale in Singapore, a Whole Lot
Complaints about the partnership are varied, but much of the discussion comes down to what exactly it means to put the esteemed university's name on a new college.
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