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Colleges Give It the Old Foreign Campus Try

Top US schools opening full-degree programs across globe

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 10, 2008 6:40 PM CST
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(Newser) – With overseas demand for an American education skyrocketing, US universities are racing to go global, reports the New York Times. Many schools are building foreign branch campuses, where students, especially in the Middle East, can skip over to Abu Dhabi and return home with an NYU degree—without mastering culture shock. Universities use the added presence to build international prestige and draw star professors.

Further, as the US student-age population declines, schools can “make a few bucks,” says one university boss. But not everybody's gung-ho. “The risk is that we couldn’t deliver the same quality education that we do here, and that it would mean diluting our faculty strength,” says UPenn's president.

The Dalai Lama, center, bows to Cornell University president David Skorton, left, after introductions during a visit to Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. Higher education is the most important diplomatic asset we have, says Skorton. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)
The Dalai Lama, center, bows to Cornell University president David Skorton, left, after introductions during a visit to Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. "Higher education is...   (Associated Press)
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R- Calif., holds a bust of Ronald Reagan as he listens to Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaign at Bassett Furniture in Fountain Valley, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero )
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R- Calif., holds a bust of Ronald Reagan as he listens to Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaign at Bassett Furniture in Fountain Valley,...   (Associated Press)
Students will be able to spend four years in Abu Dhabi and return home with an NYU degree, one of many American universities opening campuses and programs abroad.
Students will be able to spend four years in Abu Dhabi and return home with an NYU degree, one of many American universities opening campuses and programs abroad.
President of the University of Pennsylvania Amy Gutmann takes part in a panel discussion, Wednesday, May 2, 2007, in Cambridge, Mass. Gutmann sees risks involved in opening branches overseas. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
President of the University of Pennsylvania Amy Gutmann takes part in a panel discussion, Wednesday, May 2, 2007, in Cambridge, Mass. Gutmann sees risks involved in opening branches overseas. (AP Photo/Michael...   (Associated Press)
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