University of Washington needs a presence in Beijing...

rayb · Hot Air Balloon

University of Washington needs a presence in Beijing...

Dyany · Senior Member

I don't know WHY they do it, but my uncle is a poli sci professor at Berkeley who has spent many years in China heading up various projects like student exchange programs, etc.

And yes, he's one of the evil ones.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

BYU has a number of study programs in various places around the world... they even have a whole mini-campus in Jerusalem...

I don't know why universities do it, but they do. I always assumed that it was for the priviledged students to be able to flaunt their "world traveler / world scholar" status to the rest of us... "OOOOOO! AAAAAH! WOOOOW! You are so much better than us peon level people because you did study abroad / did a year in X country..." rolleyes

If universities want to open up places in China and educate Chinese students there, hey, that is that many fewer that come here and get preferential treatment to our own students. And, the logical thing to do along with that is to not have us funding / subsidizing it either...

TitusTodd · Senior Member

Taking coursework in another country allows you to experience another culture. I think that exposure is good and important to some degree programs. I have to admit to some of Cat's feelings on the subject, however, as some seem to go because they can and not because they need to. Of course, if I had had the money I would have jumped at the chance.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

I always wanted to do a study abroad program in college but never had the money to do it. Pretty much something for those whose parents pay for every dime of their college experience.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

I'm so glad I am not the only one who freely admits they were envious of those who got the "special" program at college... like the Honors programs, study abroad, career counseling and counselors / placement offices that really did their job, professors who take an interest in their students, university presidents who didn't try to blame all the problems on married students (... I was not a fan of Rex Lee's administration as Poncho and I were in that demographic he chose to scapegoat... having started out under Elder Holland, when going back after my mission and after getting married, the " user friendliness" at BYU was like night and day between the two administrations).