British private college plan fuels higher education debate
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LONDON — Plans in Britain to open a private college modelled on US institutions and fronted by high-profile academics to rival public universities have fuelled a debate about the future of higher education.
Prominent philosophy professor A. C. Grayling sent shockwaves through the academic establishment this month when he unveiled plans to launch the New College of the Humanities in London, which will open next year.
Its founders say the college will offer a broad syllabus and intensive teaching that top British universities, even the best known such as Oxford and Cambridge, are struggling to provide.
The new college has enlisted a host of leading academics and will charge £18,000 ($29,000, 20,400 euros) a year, double the amount permitted in the state sector..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110623com6.html
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us shouldn't poke it's nose in afghanistan in the first place. But united states keeps on interfering in other's matters like in syria, libya etc. This attitude is very dangerous. Not just for the rest of the world, but for the people of and the united states itself.
Eagle
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