 | In his Newsweek essay, President Richard C. Levin asserted that universities play a role in promoting mutual understanding and geopolitical stability. |
An essay by President Richard C. Levin on how universities are expanding their global outreach was featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine's international edition on Aug. 21.
In addition to Levin's article, the Newsweek issue included a list of "The World's Most Global Universities," which ranked Yale in third place (behind first-place Harvard and Stanford) based on the size and diversity of the University's international community and its distinction in research.
In his essay, titled "Universities Branch Out," Levin wrote that "the opening of national borders to the flow of goods, services, information and especially people has made universities a powerful force for global integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability."
Noting that the number of students who choose to study abroad rose from 800,000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in 2004, Levin wrote that "the flow of students across national borders -- students who are disproportionately likely to become leaders in their home countries -- enables deeper mutual understanding, tolerance and global integration."
He also examined how globalization is changing the way that research is done -- pointing to such border-spanning partnerships as Yale Professor Tian Xu's work with colleagues at Fudan University on the genetics of human disease and Professor Xing-Wang Deng's research on plant biology with scientists at Peking University in Beijing. Pointing to the vital contributions U.S. research universities make to the nation's technological strength, Levin noted many foreign institutions are modeling their own research programs on those of American universities.
While some Americans fear that foreign students will "threaten American competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home ... welcoming foreign students to the United States has two overriding positive effects," wrote Levin, "first, the very best of them stay in the States and -- like immigrants throughout history -- strengthen the nation; and second, foreign students who study in the United States become ambassadors for many of its most cherished values when they return home. Or at least they understand them better."
The full text of Levin's essay may be found online at www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14320413/site/newsweek.
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