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Berkeley Global Campus the talk of the higher-ed world

By Public Affairs

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The Richmond waterfront site of the proposed Berkeley Global Campus

“While other U.S. universities have built branch campuses abroad, the University of California at Berkeley is betting it can create a global higher education hub in its own backyard,” begins an Inside Higher Ed story on the campus’s plans for a new Berkeley Global Campus in Richmond — one of two articles on the ambitious proposal to run today (Thursday, Jan. 22) in prestigious, high-visibility journals of higher education.

The Chronicle of Higher Education also published an in-depth look at Berkeley’s plans for a global campus on the Richmond waterfront, which Chancellor Nicholas Dirks first announced in October. “By situating the campus nearby — an unusual move in an era when many American institutions are building abroad — Berkeley hopes to establish partnerships with universities from around the world while preserving full academic freedom for its faculty,” the article says.

Read the articles here:

Inside Higher Ed, A Global Hub, Close to Home

Chronicle of Higher Education: Berkeley Plans to Build a Global Campus, 10 Miles From Home