Science Education Across Borders: Why Academic Globalization Should Be Welcomed, Not Feared

From the conclusion of this essay, excerpted from a forthcoming book The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities are Reshaping the World by Ben Wildavsky. The United States should respond to the globalization of higher education not with angst but with a sense of possibility. Neither a gradual erosion in the U.S. market share of students … Continue reading Science Education Across Borders: Why Academic Globalization Should Be Welcomed, Not Feared

UCEA Global Associates Washington Briefing

I was invited to speak at the February 4-5, 2010 "Washington Briefing" of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA).  My presentation about Vietnam and U.S.-Vietnam educational exchange was entitled "Partnerships and Possibilities - Why Your Institution Should Have a 'Vietnam Vision'."  The all-day briefing was preceded the evening before by a reception and dinner at which … Continue reading UCEA Global Associates Washington Briefing