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Nature 448, 113 (12 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/448113b; Published online 11 July 2007

French universities to gain control

Declan Butler

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President Sarkozy promises freedom in his reform bill.

"In the race against Stanford, Cambridge or Harvard, French universities run with their laces tied together and a backpack full of stones." So said Nicolas Sarkozy in the run-up to the French presidential election, as he pledged to reform the country's archaic university system.