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The 2004 Report on the Harvard College Curricular Review even recommended making a “significant international experience” a graduation requirement, the completion of which would be “noted on the transcript.” Lewis says that the University eventually recognized that this would...
“It always struck me as an odd message to ‘get a passport,’” Lewis says. “People accepted coming here because they were eager to be here.” An outspoken skeptic of the recent emphasis...
The debate over the merits of undergradate study abroad continues. While students and faculty such as Eckert and Zebrowski-Rubin see education abroad as a transformative and invaluable experience, others such as Lewis believe that study abroad is best undertaken after graduation, so that students can fully take advantage of...
One program that Lewis does consider equivalent to a Harvard education is Budapest Semesters in Mathematics, where Adam P. Lesnikowski ’08, a joint philosophy and math concentrator, spent his fall. Lesnikowski says that the worry over academic standards abroad (or lack thereof) is “definitely...
Both sides agree that currently, Harvard students may see study abroad as something of a sacrifice. While advocates like Eckert are working towards a culture change that will eliminate this attitude, Lewis is not suprised that Harvard students are reluctant to leave.