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The Telegraph says that after more than a decade of "virtually unfettered immigration", the U.K. "is desperately overcrowded" and public concern is not xenophobia or racism.
Author David Rieff laments the rise of “fast thought” in books and decrease of works written in the spirit of scholarly investigation, not just to illustrate a thesis.
Retired intelligence officer Paul R. Pillar says the U.S. should try harder to curb the export of terrorists — particularly homegrown ones — and terrorism from its own territory.
More fast growth among global for-profit universities seems probable and the number of globally mobile students is likely to surge as higher education's globalization continues.