international-students
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If you want to watch an entire national industry suffer a sudden, violent identity crisis, take a tour of Canadian higher education this autumn. For the past decade, Canadian university presidents and college executives walked around with the smug, self-satisfied aura of visionary global entrepreneurs. They were celebrated in Ottawa and provincial legislatures as titans…
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Whenever diplomatic tensions flare up between Western capitals and Beijing—whether over naval skirmishes in the South China Sea, semiconductor export bans, a sovereign Taiwan, or human rights reports—a very specific ritual plays out across the executive suites of Western higher education. While defense analysts debate deterrence and foreign ministries issue stern communiqués, university provosts and…
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If you happen to take a stroll through the quad of almost any British university right now, you might notice an odd chill in the air. It’s not just the damp English weather. It’s the distinct smell of an entire national tertiary education sector quietly burning its own furniture to keep the central heating on.…
