Editing Northwestern University (section)

===Education City===
{{main|Northwestern University in Qatar}}

In Fall 2008, Northwestern opened a campus in [[Education City]], [[Doha]], [[Qatar]].<ref name=":3" /> Through the [[Medill School of Journalism]] and School of Communication, NU-Q offers [[bachelor's degree]]s in journalism and communications respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/ |title=Northwestern University in Qatar |publisher=Northwestern University |access-date=January 6, 2009 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108233740/https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, some have questioned whether NU-Q can truly offer a comparable journalism program to that of its U.S. campus given Qatar's instances of [[censorship]] and strict limits on journalistic and academic freedoms.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/17/northwestern-professor-raises-questions-about-its-branch-in-qatar/|title=Northwestern professor raises questions about its branch in Qatar|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203154849/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/17/northwestern-professor-raises-questions-about-its-branch-in-qatar/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html|title=In Qatar's Education City, U.S. colleges are building an academic oasis|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031005/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development]], a private charitable institution founded by former emir [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani|Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] and his wife and mother of the current emir [[Moza bint Nasser|Sheikha Moza bint Nasser]], provided funding for construction and administrative costs, as well as support to hire 50 to 60 faculty and staff, some of whom rotate between the Evanston and Qatar campuses.<ref>{{cite news |title=Qatar entices NU to expand east: School near deal to open a campus |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/04/06/qatar-entices-nu-to-expand-east/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=April 6, 2007 |last=Choen |first=Jodi |access-date=May 22, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906131904/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-04-06/news/0704050721_1_foreign-students-qatar-foundation-study-abroad |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/06/america/NA-GEN-US-Qatar-Journalism-School.php |title=Northwestern University expected to open journalism school in Qatar |agency=The Associated Press |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |location=Paris |date=April 6, 2007 |access-date=January 6, 2009 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013041326/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/06/america/NA-GEN-US-Qatar-Journalism-School.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Northwestern receives roughly $45 million per year to operate the campus.<ref name="washingtonpost.com" /> In February 2016, Northwestern reached an agreement with the [[Qatar Foundation]] to extend the operations of the NU-Q branch for an additional decade, through the 2027–2028 academic year.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Northwestern University will stay a decade longer in Qatar|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/23/northwestern-university-will-stay-another-decade-in-qatar/|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = February 23, 2016|access-date = February 23, 2016|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Nick|last = Anderson|archive-date = February 24, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160224093215/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/23/northwestern-university-will-stay-another-decade-in-qatar/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510712102-advocate-questions-motive-behind-qatar-s-financial-ties-to-u-s-colleges|title=Advocate questions motive behind Qatar's financial ties to U.S. colleges|first=Justin|last=Stoltzfus|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418235507/http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510712102-advocate-questions-motive-behind-qatar-s-financial-ties-to-u-s-colleges|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510639673-while-u-s-universities-see-dollar-signs-in-qatari-partnerships-some-cry-foul|title=While U.S. universities see dollar signs in Qatari partnerships, some cry foul|first=Gulf News Journal|last=Reports|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=October 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004021757/http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510639673-while-u-s-universities-see-dollar-signs-in-qatari-partnerships-some-cry-foul|url-status=live}}</ref>