The Rise of ‘Educational Sovereignty’

By Jason Lane and Kevin Kinser. For the past several decades, many international branch campuses have operated without much oversight from their home countries and with a sense of diplomatic immunity in their host countries. Recently, however, some countries are following the lead of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore, and have created structures to regulate foreign education providers within their borders, often giving them special status in the national education system. But, as part of this development, we’ve noticed an odd and persistent resistance to the “branch campus” label. Read more...