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Confucius Institutes and classrooms installed in colleges and K-12 schools the world around function as propaganda branches of the Chinese government, writes Marshall Sahlins.

American academic leaves China after losing his post, saying that “China has reached a point where I do not feel safe being a professor and discussing even the economy, business and financial markets.”

Can a $49, AI-enabled, take-anywhere English skills test -- created by the developer of a free smartphone language app -- disrupt the crowded world of higher ed language assessment?

U.S. may be overtaken on research impact by mid-2020s, study finds.

Leader of a university in Ecuador -- first woman to hold the post there -- discusses the culture she is trying to change.

China's Ministry of Education approves the termination of more than 200 Chinese-foreign partnerships. An expert says it's a cumulative list of all terminations since 2006.

Country makes large investments in universities, but experts say cultural issues could limit progress.

Plan calls for institution to have greater autonomy on salaries and staffing than is the norm in the country.