The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Royal Treatment

By WILL POTTER

George Washington University will roll out the electronic red carpet for half a dozen members of the Saudi royal family who attend the university this fall.

Administrators have created a special distance-learning program for the students at the request of the family. Representatives of the 40,000-member Al Saud family -- which has been widely criticized for stifling democracy,...

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