Content written by Douglas Belkin and published by The Wall Street Journal Now
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Extracted Content: Northeastern University, a onetime blue-collar commuter school in Boston, is continuing a years long international expansion with the purchase of a small, private college in central London.
The acquisition of The New College of the Humanities, a six-year-old private college with about 200 students, underscores the growing pressures and incentives for universities to globalize their business model in an era of rising competition, shifting demographics and increasing nationalism.