Global - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Even as China and its neighbors are trouncing U.S. students on international exams, Asian educators are adopting, and adapting, an American approach to learning.

The Global Ticker

Canada Wants to Increase Educational Ties With China

McGill Will Review Professor's Research on Asbestos

Australian Universities Raise Concerns About New Visa System

India Plans to Spur Social Sciences With New Center and Fellowships

WorldWise

In Praise of Languages for Internationalization

The economist Larry Summers got it wrong: Learning a second language is key to a college student’s success, says Elspeth Jones.

Economic Competitiveness, Internationalization, and Branch Campuses

International education has become a new battlefield in the global marketplace, say Jason Lane and Kevin Kinser.

Planet Academe

The Case Against Internationalization

The popularity of the internationalization trend may have silenced much-needed debate, writes David Wheeler.

A Global Take on the 'Badge' Debate

The arguments about the value of certifying students for particular competencies shift sharply when viewed from the perspective of the developing world, writes David Wheeler.

Asia Will Power Growth in Research and Development This Year

A forecast of spending in that area predicts that Asian economies will create much of the expansion in 2012, while the United States remains largely stagnant.

News

Debate Arises at Qatar U. Over Decision to Teach Mainly in Arabic

By Ursula Lindsey

Some students welcome the move as a validation of their mother tongue; others worry that it will weaken graduates' job prospects.
GRE Test Had Large Gains Abroad in 2011

By Michael Stratford

China and India saw exam volumes surge by 28 percent and 43 percent, respectively. In the United States, test taking rose by about 10 percent.
Arab Women Make Inroads in Higher Education but Often Find Dead Ends

By Ursula Lindsey

As more women attend universities, female scholars push for curricula that would challenge the limits of religious and social regulation.
As Business Programs Multiply Globally, Accreditors See New Markets

By Katherine Mangan

But some officials are wary of proposals to offer "M.B.A. lite."
U.S. Agency Will Offer $100-Million to Universities to Study Development Issues

By Ian Wilhelm

The new program from the Agency for International Development seeks to get the world's poor on the research agenda of the nation's top universities.
Fall of Qaddafi's Regime Brings New Opportunities for American Universities

By David L. Wheeler

Academics from the United States are collaborating with their Libyan counterparts to strengthen higher education and train new leaders in Libya.
- Libyans in America Witness Revolution From Afar
As Euro Crisis Heightens, Germans Resist Tapping Foreign Students for Revenue

By Aisha Labi

A tendency to see higher education as a common good, as well as resistance to tuition for native students, has kept costs low even as financial pressure rises.
Egyptian Scholars Struggle to Protect Ancient Artifacts Amid New Violence

By Ursula Lindsey

As protests disrupt the capital, a civilization's cultural treasures are put at risk; authorities are trying to protect what has not yet been destroyed.
- Slide Show: In a Fire's Aftermath, a Cultural Patrimony at Risk
A Musical Intervention

By David L. Wheeler

A multimillion-dollar project to save traditional expressions of music from around the world reflects a shift in ethnomusicology.