America Falling: Longtime Dominance in Education Erodes

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From the Chronicle of Higher Education, Monday, October 5, 2009. See http://chronicle.com/article/America-Falling-Longtime/48683/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

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America Falling: Longtime Dominance in Education Erodes

By Karin Fischer

Washington

Henry T. Yang, a prominent engineer, is one of a half-dozen American academics and entrepreneurs who sit on an international panel that advises Singapore's government on its higher-education and research efforts. At its last meeting, the group reviewed plans for a new public university, the country's fourth.


For the full article see the Chronicle of Higher Education, Monday, October 5, 2009: http://chronicle.com/article/America-Falling-Longtime/48683/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en