A London-based company with an unusual model for helping colleges recruit international students has generated concern among faculty members as it has begun expanding into the United States. Into University Partnerships has formed joint ventures with five British universities, building centers where foreign students who may not have qualified for direct admission because of language barriers and other academic deficits live, study, and become acculturated. Ideally, they go on to matriculate at their host institutions. Administrators at Oregon State, which could admit students through the partnership as early as the fall of 2009, describe the partnership as a creative, high-quality solution for a university that lacks the money to recruit many foreign students on its own. However, while supporters say such partnerships allow colleges to reach students they could not have recruited on their own, some academics question whether a private company should be so heavily involved in academic functions.