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Northwestern In Qatar?

By Graham - Apr 6th, 2007 at 10:47 am EDT

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My alma mater is apparently close to a deal to open a branch of the journalism school in Qatar. This puts its Evanston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., locations in a little bit of perspective, doesn't it.

Others have already done so. And here's why:

The Qatar Foundation pays all of the universities' costs -- from construction of new buildings to faculty and administrative salaries -- and it offered Cornell an undisclosed financial gift when it opened a medical school there in 2002, according to Dr. Antonio Gotto, dean of Cornell's medical school.

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By persiancowboy Apr 7th 2007 at 2:56 am EDT

I don't have a problem with NW for opening a new university in Qatar. However when a country pays for all the fees it should be scary because in return they are going to control everything. For example when the American University went to Dubai they had to change all the text books and use "Arabian Gulf" when referring to the Persian Gulf. This is only one example!

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By RWL Apr 11th 2007 at 2:28 am EDT

I work for Texas A&M in Qatar and one of the stipulations of the contract is the students receive the exact same degree in Qatar as they would on the main campus. Some example of the autonomy the schools have in deciding the curriculum are:
- At A&M students here have to take Texas history classes.
- At Georgetown there are required religion classes that the students have to take because it is a Jesuit University.
- At Carnigie Mellon it was reported that they denied admission to a member of the ruling family and the Emir accepted it without issue.

I’ve heard about other universities in this region but this is a very unique place. There are good financial benefits for the institutions but QF is paying for the value of the institution not to change it.

By Mike Apr 7th 2007 at 11:48 am EDT

"Arabian Gulf" Yes They perfer that term.

That seems a trivial thing.

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