Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad

According to this article, "Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad," in The New York Times by Tamar Lewin, universities are "following the money."

The American system of higher education, long the envy of the world, is becoming an important export as more universities take their programs overseas.

In a kind of educational gold rush, American universities are competing to set up outposts in countries with limited higher education opportunities. American universities — not to mention Australian and British ones, which also offer instruction in English, the lingua franca of academia - are starting, or expanding, hundreds of programs and partnerships in booming markets like China, India and Singapore.