France’s new higher education law leaves students in the lurch

The World

This spring, the French government overhauled the 200-year-old system for French students who apply to public universities. And now a quarter of French university applicants haven’t been assigned a spot yet for the fall. Reporter Rebecca Rosman has the story from Paris.

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