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All Eyes on Brazil
Inspired by the scale of the Science Without Borders program, universities seize opportunities to expand partnerships in Brazil.
Developing Nations' Ph.D. Push
Many countries struggle to keep up with the demand for doctoral education, report finds.
Why Some Academics Publish More
Networking and motivation have more of an impact than age, gender or teaching load, according to study of European academics.
Safe Haven for Syrian Scholars
Education and development organizations launch new push to fund overseas fellowships and scholarships for Syrian students and professors.
How Europe Tracks Students
Universities and governments on the continent exhibit many of the same data limitations as U.S. colleges in gauging student outcomes, study shows.
Quasi-For-Profit Humanities College
New College of the Humanities, in London, seeks to meld the American liberal arts and Oxford tutorial models. But critics have focused on its £18,000 annual price tag and its corporate structure.
Rifts Over Global Test of Learning
U.S., Canada and European higher ed groups object to prospect that OECD's worldwide measure will be used to rank countries.
Opinion
Agenda for Research Universities
The world's leading science institutions should consider a model at the Technion to change their relationship to elementary and secondary schools, writes Orit Hazzan.