Word: foreigners
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...After the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops the war will continue," Hun Sen told reporters Sunday. "As to the scope of the war, we think it will depend on foreign countries," he said...
Peace talks between Cambodian factions--including Prince Norodom Sihanouk, a former leader of the country who is allied with the Khmer Rouge--and foreign powers broke down in August. Those talks were aimed at preventing bloodshed following Hanoi's removal of troops from the region...
...shouldn't the oldest and most widely recognized American university begin drawing on the enormous prestige it has accumulated over the past three-and-a-half centuries and forge collaborative agreements with major foreign universities? Believe it or not, there are many foreign institutions whose level of instruction measure up to Harvard's. And many of these are eager to cooperate with well-respected American universities. For example, Stanford maintains working relationships with institutions in Paris, Rome, Athens, Berlin and Mexico City...
...even more than placing trust in foreign universities, Harvard should learn to trust its own students to make time spent abroad productive. Right now study abroad credit can be torturous to arrange; in too many cases the University seems skeptical that undergraduates can motivate themselves to learn anything of value when allowed beyond the confines of the Square...
Adopting a variant of the British exam system would also ensure accountability. At Oxford and Cambridge, students complete a large amount of study without exams and then undergo a comprehensive evaluation at the end of their programs. If Harvard were reluctant to accept foreign exam scores, it might allow students to leave for a year and then take one or two broad exams upon their return...