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...much—if not more—a culprit as any other institution, its students so dedicated to extracurricular activities and internships that the prospect of departing Harvard for a precious semester is more frightening than thrilling. Close friends of mine asked me quite seriously if going abroad would be worth “missing out on” a semester at Harvard. Several others asked me what harm would be done to my “leadership positions” if I skipped town for seven months. There is genuine fear of studying abroad at Harvard?...
There is an incredible worth to international education and experience that cannot be found or generated in Harvard Yard. That Harvard now offers a wealth of popular summer programs does indeed testify to the growing legitimacy of studying abroad at Harvard, but that students would prefer five weeks in Spain to 25 remains befuddling and, on some level, sad. Imagine truncating the Harvard semester after five weeks during the first two months of freshman year. These accelerated and often isolated programs bring a Harvard mentality to a radically different place. We cannot bring Harvard to Bombay, Barcelona or Buenos Aires...
...city and a culture in five whirlwind weeks of language classes and “cultural” outings is a prototypical Harvard mentality, akin to us writing 20-page papers in one night and squeezing in meals and gym time between sections and meetings. We want to study abroad, but we want to scribble it in the corner of our planners along with any number of other responsibilities...
...easy to blame it all on Harvard, a place quite often accused of anglophilia and academic self-centeredness. Students cite strenuous tutorial requirements, an inflexible core curriculum and demanding concentration courses that must be taken in succession as prohibitive to studying abroad. But Harvard students continually stay home—perhaps because it is the safe option, but also because there is a certain desperate fear that academic life elsewhere is less challenging, less intense, and less interesting. This is not only untrue, but it is an insidious subplot at a university whose alumni continually go on to affect...
...response to a question from an undergraduate about the war’s effect on the United States’ reputation abroad, Allison said that the country’s reputation has “fallen further and faster than any country in history.” —Staff writer S. Jesse Zwick can be reached at jzwick@fas.harvard.edu...