Global - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Global Ticker

Canadian Universities Seek to Send More Students Abroad

Growing Criticism of Copyright Deal Signed by 2 Canadian Universities

Bogus Colleges Are Beginning to Spring Up in Sweden

Noam Chomsky and Other Scholars Call for Reform of Thai Royal Insult Law

Planet Academe

The Case Against Internationalization

The popularity of the internationalization trend may have silenced much-needed debate, writes David Wheeler.

A Global Take on the 'Badge' Debate

The arguments about the value of certifying students for particular competencies shift sharply when viewed from the perspective of the developing world, writes David Wheeler.

Asia Will Power Growth in Research and Development This Year

A forecast of spending in that area predicts that Asian economies will create much of the expansion in 2012, while the United States remains largely stagnant.

WorldWise

A U.S. Withdrawal from Unesco Would Hurt Higher Education

The United Nations educational organization plays a key role in connecting American universities to their peers abroad, says Sir John Daniel.

The Dangers of Mexico's New Student-Loan Program

While it may be politically popular, the loans could lead to debt problems like the ones that have rocked Chile and America, says Marion Lloyd.

News

U.S. Agency Will Offer $100-Million to Universities to Study Development Issues

By Ian Wilhelm

The new program from the Agency for International Development seeks to get the world's poor on the research agenda of the nation's top universities.
Fall of Qaddafi's Regime Brings New Opportunities for American Universities

By David L. Wheeler

Academics from the United States are collaborating with their Libyan counterparts to strengthen higher education and train new leaders in Libya.
- Libyans in America Witness Revolution From Afar
As Euro Crisis Heightens, Germans Resist Tapping Foreign Students for Revenue

By Aisha Labi

A tendency to see higher education as a common good, as well as resistance to tuition for native students, has kept costs low even as financial pressure rises.
Egyptian Scholars Struggle to Protect Ancient Artifacts Amid New Violence

By Ursula Lindsey

As protests disrupt the capital, a civilization's cultural treasures are put at risk; authorities are trying to protect what has not yet been destroyed.
- Slide Show: In a Fire's Aftermath, a Cultural Patrimony at Risk
A Musical Intervention

By David L. Wheeler

A multimillion-dollar project to save traditional expressions of music from around the world reflects a shift in ethnomusicology.
Rebuilding From Quakes, New Zealand University Takes the Opportunity to Upgrade

By Paul Basken

Despite having lost 13 percent of its undergraduate population after an earthquake, the University of Canterbury finds a silver lining.
Hoping to Foster the Next Silicon Valley, New York Taps Into Technion-Israel's Expertise

By Matthew Kalman

The Israeli institute, now a partner in a new tech campus, turned its hometown into the engine of a rapidly expanding high-tech economy.
College in China Loses Face Over Statues Depicting Donors as Goddesses

By Mary Hennock

The college commissioned a pair of statues bearing the likenesses of two prominent donors.
Haitian Universities Struggle to Rebound

By Andrew Downie

Two years after the devastating earthquake, institutions remain hamstrung by a lack of equipment and skilled people.