Closure of US Campus in Qatar Bodes Poorly for International Education

FILE - A Qatari student walks to a building in the Texas A&M University campus at Education City, on Oct. 18, 2011, in Doha, Qatar.

Recently, Texas A&M University suddenly announced it would close its campus in Qatar, which had been open for 20 years. Colleges are worried about foreign espionage, shrinking funds and global instability, especially in the Middle East. Read the newsletter from Karin Fischer of the Chronicle of Higher Education. (February 2024)