My heart skipped a beat when I read these (I was tired at the time):
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INSEAD’s Fontainebleau Campus Threatened with Shutdown
Paris, FR — Citing the school’s failure to follow French law, the mayor of Fontainebleau, France has issued a ‘cease operations’ order for the leading international business school located 45 minutes outside of Paris. According to authorities, INSEAD shirked a law requiring that 70% of courses be taught in French by opting instead for an English-dominant MBA curriculum. School officials claim an exemption from the law, due to the percentage of non-French students enrolled in the program, but the local authorities are threatening to take the matter to the French courts. INSEAD Dean J. Frank Brown, who has avoided any public discourse on the subject, offered the following statement in a press release: “We’re truly saddened by this development. We have a great deal of respect for the French people and their culture, but we are running an international MBA program and this necessitates extensive use of the English language. In addition, we require our students to graduate with fluency in two additional languages of their choice. While I can understand how the French law applies to state television and radio programming to ensure exposure to French culture, I fail to see how it is relevant to our program.â€