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‘Dutch by default’: Netherlands seeks curbs on English-language university courses

By: Senay Boztas in Amsterdam

Education bill to require two-thirds of content for standard bachelor’s degrees to be in Dutch

As Britain voted to leave the EU, Dutch universities began offering more courses in English and foreigners streamed in.

But with 122,287 international students in higher education in the Netherlands – 15% of all the country’s students – the government is proposing a cap on the number of students from outside the European Economic Area in some subjects and forcing universities to offer at least two-thirds of the content of standard bachelor’s degrees in Dutch, unless a university justifies an exemption.

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Columbia University Drops Out of U.S. News Rankings for Undergraduate Schools

By: Stephanie Saul and Anemona Hartocollis
The Ivy League school said it would no longer share data with the college guide, the first major university to do so. Its relationship with U.S. News has been up and down.

Columbia University will become the first major university to drop from the U.S. News rankings of undergraduate schools.

U.S. News Releases Its Latest, Disputed Rankings of Law and Medical Schools

By: Stephanie Saul
After protests and a boycott, the publication has altered its methodology. But the changes are unlikely to placate critics.

Yale Law School, which led the boycott of the U.S. News rankings, is at the top of the rankings again in 2023, though tied this year with Stanford.

Defending Its Rankings, U.S. News Takes Aim at Top Law Schools

By: Anemona Hartocollis
The publication accuses Yale and other schools of trying to evade accountability — and sidestep a likely end to affirmative action — by opting out of its ratings.

Defending Its Rankings, U.S. News Takes Aim at Top Law Schools

By: Anemona Hartocollis
The publication accuses Yale and other schools of trying to evade accountability — and sidestep a likely end to affirmative action — by opting out of its ratings.

Harvard Law School is among the institutions that decided to stop giving data to U.S. News.

Harvard Medical School Joins Boycott of U.S. News Rankings

By: Derrick Bryson Taylor
Last fall, the university’s law school joined other top programs in dropping out of the magazine’s annual list. The medical school’s dean said the rankings “cannot meaningfully reflect” the school’s goals.

Harvard Medical School, in Boston, is dropping out of U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of top programs.

Harvard Medical School Joins Boycott of U.S. News Rankings

By: Derrick Bryson Taylor
Last fall, the university’s law school joined other top programs in dropping out of the magazine’s annual list. The medical school’s dean said the rankings “cannot meaningfully reflect” the school’s goals.
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