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As European universities embrace English as a means of increasing foreign enrollment, they find that change doesn’t always come easy. Among other things, they must decide how far they are willing to ...

In 2010, a new goddess, about two feet tall and cast in bronze, was set to appear in a village within the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. She looked nothing like the deities of Hindu mythology. In lieu ...