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5. That makes more sense.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 03:36 PM

Jun 2015

Sidebar, interesting film on this: "Verita$" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2073702/

Some of the film ranges into CT a bit, but the film-maker is S. Korean, and goes a bit into the high value Asian cultures put into a world-class education (or degree) at places like Harvard. It examines the role that wanting huge endowment funds for the college has had on distorting the mission of colleges like Harvard, causing them to seek full-tuition students from abroad.

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'American Universities Are Addicted to Chinese Students' [View all] eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 OP

bookmarked daleanime Jun 2015 #1

Cultural differences HassleCat Jun 2015 #2

The article seems to suggest that colleges should be Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #3

I took it more to be "this is what they're setting themselves up for" ... eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #4

That makes more sense. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #5