The Daily has its story up about the Qatar plan. The relevant part for Medill students:
The extension into Qatar will create TM programs in the Middle East, including possible connections with Al-Jazeera, the largest Arab television network, Lavine said.
Definitely interesting and pretty cool. Dean Lavine also mentions how Medill aims to be more global and is “deeply committed to a free press.”
The story doesn’t get into the Qatar expansion as it relates to the quality of education back home though.