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Reluctance to Teach in English

European universities are adding English-language programs, especially at the master’s level, but many faculty members object.

Opposition to Trump-Backed Immigration Bill

Bill would seek to slash legal immigration levels in half. And while graduates of U.S. universities would get an edge in obtaining employment-based green cards, the number of green cards available would not increase.

Coping With a Blockade

Interview with leader from Qatar about the small country’s Education City, which has six U.S. university partners, and how it is coping with a blockade by five Arab nations.

A Message for Taiwan

A new university president, returning to his home after a long career in the United States, sees a research infrastructure that needs reform and resources.

Ready to Go Expat?

Britain, Canada, France and Germany all launch funding programs to recruit foreign researchers. Will they succeed in capitalizing on perceptions of the U.S. as a less attractive place for research?

Too Risky for Researchers?

Following 10-year jail sentence for Princeton Ph.D. student, scholars discuss the uncertainties of doing research in Iran.

British University Criticized for Requiring Professors to Apply to Keep Jobs

Open letter calls plan and its timing “bizarrely thoughtless and ignorant.”

What Is a Wounded Professor Owed?

A professor injured in last August’s attack on the American University of Afghanistan is seeking workers’ compensation benefits for his injuries.