U.S. Colleges in the World

NYU disputes Chinese dissident's assertion of government influence, but experts say the issue illustrates pressures faced by many institutions to avoid offending Beijing.

As economic growth slows down, foreign universities aren't leaving, but some are thinking in different ways about their offerings.

NYU reinvents itself as a "global network university," but critics at home question the creation of campuses in nondemocratic countries and the effect of rapid international expansion on programs in Greenwich Village.

As countries vow to become international centers for higher education, can educators distinguish between hype and reality? How do hubs differ?

University officials consider challenges to campuses in other countries -- including MOOCs, the wrong kind of oversight, no oversight, shifting student demands and (when asked about it) lack of academic freedom.

After one of its faculty members is turned away from Dubai, London School of Economics pulls out of joint conference with American U. of Sharjah.

UN objects to a British institution's branch in Cyprus.