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...Recent data from the Office of International Programs shows an encouraging shift in student attitudes toward study abroad. Students are becoming less reluctant to leave these hallowed grounds, though there is still a firm contingent that disparages courses taken abroad as less rigorous than those at Harvard. But a few months spent even in a less intense academic environment will still present students with at best a valuable intellectual opportunity, and at very least some time to think. Surely, this is a good thing...
...flurry of support for international programs is a testament to this The number of students at Harvard who study abroad each year has grown by 300 percent in the last six years. Former Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby was a staunch supporter of study abroad and David Rockefeller ’36 recently donated $100 million to the college, 70 percent of which was intended to go towards students learning about foreign cultures through international travel...
...Specifically, time to think during junior year is important for potential thesis writers. Without the constant demands of papers and midterms, juniors studying abroad have time to refine thesis topics and conduct original research far before they have to choose an advisor or commit to a topic. Very few non-study abroad students have this luxury. In particular, making headway on thesis research during junior year is useful for students who wish to hold summer internships before their senior year. Students who spend that final summer working often find themselves back at Harvard in September with...
...even if study abroad turns out to be less about thinking and more about resting, very few seniors would disagree with a few months’ rest before the sprint of senior year, with its burdens of neglected core requirements, thesis-writing…and senior...
...wonder Harvard students are so anxious to stamp their passports. Study abroad has everything we’ve come to desire in life. It’s intrepid. It’s photogenic. It’s got all the aesthetic attendants of multiculturalism. Sometimes it’s got a sheen of philanthropy to mollify our liberal concerns. So, goaded on by the administration, we pack our bags, register our Blogger accounts, and skip off to make our way abroad...