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Dates: during 1990-1999
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For many of the 1,400 or so American undergraduates studying in Britain (an increase of 26% in the past three years), family connections, a fondness for all things British and, most of all, the prestige associated with an Oxford, Cambridge or Edinburgh education matter more than price. Yet even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: College Abroad | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

Ireland, of course, has its own special chemistry. Domenica Alioto, 18, chose Trinity College Dublin because "none of the American schools I applied to really excited me the way Trinity did." The excitement is apparently catching: the number of all American students in Ireland, where there are only nine universities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: College Abroad | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

In today's global village, observes David Johnston, the president of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, "borders are less and less barriers and more and more invitations." Those who accept may find they learn as much from living in a new country as they do in their classes. Attending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: College Abroad | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

All three sites are secure and approved by TRUSTe, a nonprofit organization that certifies that websites meet certain privacy standards. iCanBuy takes the extra step of shielding young shoppers from merchants' marketing e-mail. And under a federal law made final last month, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Electronic Allowances | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

Once payment and privacy are accounted for, each of the three new e-commerce sites has its own strategy for pushing merchandise to teens and the grownups who love them. At DoughNET, special promotions like free movie tickets with selected purchases or contest entries lure young shoppers. On iCanBuy, kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Electronic Allowances | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

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