November 3, 2014 - 16:43
I really loved how the reading emphasized how the community should learn from international students as much as international students learn from the community. I also agree with the suggestions left at the end of the article that I wonder if they have been put in place. The main question that I have is that by making the campus more diverse (hiring international faculty and other suggestions mentioned) how will rules or structure be put in place? Colleges in the US run in a very US centric way such as how teachers are addressed and how classroom discussion is conducted. Would classrooms be conducted based on a consensus of the campus or left fluid? Also so many courses focus on US problems and go into great detail, would lessening classes focused on the US and having more classes based on various nation's problems or lifestyle better the community when many of our student population graduate and work/live in the US?