Universities
Branch Out A)As never before in their long istory, universities have become instruments of
scientific discoveries that move economies forward, and the primary means of
educating the talent required to obtain and maintain competitive advantage. But at
the same time, the opening of national borders to the flow of goods, services
information and espeeially people has made universities a powerful force for global
integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical(地理政治学的) stability
B)In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy, universities have
become more self-consciously global: seeking students from around the world who
represent the entire range of cultures and values, sending their own students abroad
to prepare them for global careers, offering courses of study that address the
challenges of an interconnected world and collaborative (if: 81))research programs
to advance science for the benefit of all humanity
C)Of the forces shaping higher education none is more sweeping than the movement
across borders. Over the past three decades the number of students leaving home
each year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.9 pereent, from 800, 000
in 1975 to 2. 5 million in 2004. Most travel from one developed nation to another,
developed countries is growing rapidly, The reverse
