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Jean-Marc Rapp, President of the European University Association. He has promised an annual review of university rankings. See our News section.
Jean-Marc Rapp, President of the European University Association. He has promised an annual review of university rankings. See our News section.

Ariel University Center of Samaria in the hills of the West Bank. It is still not accredited as a university. See the story in our News section.
Ariel University Center of Samaria in the hills of the West Bank. It is still not accredited as a university. See the story in our News section.

The Université Paris-Dauphine, where 1600% fees increases for some courses have angered lecturers and students. See our news story. photo Alain Mengus
The Université Paris-Dauphine, where 1600% fees increases for some courses have angered lecturers and students. See our news story. photo Alain Mengus


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US: Study abroad probed at 15 colleges and universities
27 January 2008
Issue: 0013



Study abroad programmes at 15 colleges and universities, including Harvard and Columbia, are being scrutinised by the New York attorney general's office to ensure that business deals are not cheating students, reports Associated Press. Investigators are focusing on the schools after a probe of more than a dozen companies worldwide that arrange for students to study overseas for as long as a year identified questionable practices.

"We have certainly found indications there are financial relationships between some study-abroad providers and schools and some evidence of perks," said Benjamin Lawsky, deputy counselor and special assistant to Attorney General Andrew M Cuomo. The civil probe is aimed at creating a unified code of conduct to prevent abuse that costs students money.

He added that there is likely a much larger number of institutions involved in such practices.
Full report on the Associated Press site


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