Berkeley proposes new kind of branch campus model

While the branch campus phenomenon has been documented as expanding around the world with U.S. institutions as the donor and foreign governments or private entities as the hosts, Berkeley has proposed that it establish an international education hub where international universities come to them. Depicted by Jason Lane as a new form of internationalization partnership, Berkeley officials indicate that hosting foreign universities will counteract the problems of academic freedom sometimes encountered in another country. The article also indicates that Berkeley will cash in on its reputation and location in order to make this new model work.