It seems like everybody’s doing branch campuses these days. New York University’s full-fledged campus in Abu Dhabi has been snagging headlines since 2007, as have Yale University’s effort to set up a liberal arts college in Singapore and Duke University’s planned campus in Kunshan, China.
With all the hype, it’s easy to forget that branch campuses have been around for decades, just a little closer to home. Universities have long been setting up satellite campuses in their backyards to better reach potential students in their traditional markets, particularly working adults who wanted to complete undergraduate degrees. ...