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They tell us to traipse the planet, learn languages and intern in rural villages—all in the name of a “meaningful” study abroad experience. What, though, constitutes a “meaningful” abroad experience? Is it a five-week summer program in Rio de Janeiro that comes conveniently with a Harvard stamp of approval and a corresponding price...
Only 1 percent of the United States’ undergraduates study abroad; over 75 percent of them pick a program that lasts fewer than 12 weeks, and so Harvard’s “study abroad problem,” if I might call it that, is also a national issue. And even though study abroad is increasing, in a large part thanks to Congress’ 2006 push for students to go abroad, many cram programs into summer vacations, eager to experience international education but unwilling to sacrifice an academic semester in the States...
Number of stores Starbucks wants to eventually operate overseas, roughly the same number it has in the U.S. It currently operates 4,101 abroad...
Once the dust clears, Abe's departure could also signal a return to the old Japan. Abe was elected less than a year ago, promising to centralize power in the Prime Minister's office--traditionally weak compared with those of other countries--and promote a more assertive Japan abroad. Instead, the influence has shifted back to behind-the-scenes power brokers, and the country appears to be retreating from the world stage. At this uncertain point, it seems Japan could go any way but forward...
Italy's ongoing wars provide King's book with its narrative structure, but Machiavelli's personal struggles give it drive. After 15 years of service - representing Florence abroad, raising and training its first citizen militia, and collaborating with Leonardo da Vinci on engineering projects - Machiavelli watched his beloved city-state fall to the Spanish in 1512. Under the subsequently installed Medici family, he was imprisoned, tortured by having his shoulders dislocated, and banned from his former offices. He retreated to the countryside with his wife, then pregnant with their seventh child. King doesn't miss the irony: "He understood better...