Why Branch Campuses May Be Unsustainable

Abstract

B ranch campuses are sprouting around the world, like mushrooms after a heavy rain. According to the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, the number of branch campuses have increased by 43 percent to a total of 162 between 2006 and 2009 (See Rosa Becker’s article in this issue of IHE). Definitions are slippery; the Observatory's description will suffice: