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Reports on the methods of education used by the Open University in Milton Keynes, England. Success of methods; Statistics on people who have taken courses and earned degrees at the Open University; Effect of non-selective admissions; Details of the university's budget and operation; Plans to begin a sister institution in United States. INSET: Banking on Its Reputation, The Open University Starts....

The article discusses the collection of works by Irish writer Samuel Beckett at the Beckett International Foundation at the University of Reading, England and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas. After 100 years, Ireland remains happy to claim him as its own. The web site created by Ransom Center, Fathoms From Anywhere: a Samuel Beckett Centenary Exhibition, features a collection his works. The Beckett Foundation also posted hundreds of manuscripts and other items, together with Julian A. Gartforth, a research fellow at the foundation who made the cataloging of Beckett's work.

The article provides news briefs concerning people in higher education. The article reports that Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard University, has announced plans to create a new center for incubating trans-Atlantic policy debates. Beginning in 2007, Harvard and the University of Manchester, in England, will collaborate on a five-year program titled Social Change, which will bring together professors and graduate students from both institutions. Also, Elizabeth Hoffman, who resigned in 2005 as president of the University of Colorado System, has been named executive vice president and provost of Iowa State University.

Provides news on some universities around the world as of November 17, 2000. Challenge posed by British Broadcasting Corp. to the Open University in Great Britain; Affirmative action issue among Swedish state universities; Goal of Robert Birgeneau, president of the University of Toronto in Canada, for a fund raising campaign.

Reports international news briefs related to education. Criticism of the recommendation of a guesthouse by the University of Edinburgh, in light of the fact that the owner is a World War II war criminal; Lawsuit brought by the University of Nottingham against Simon Fishel, a member of the team that helped create the first test-tube baby, for hiding profits; South Asia as lagging in efforts to eradicate illiteracy, according a delegates to a United Nations-organized congress in Bangkok, Thailand.