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...instance, consider the financial logistics of study-abroad programs. While in a developed nation like the United States most middle class students have the opportunity to travel overseas, such costs are often much less trivial for students in developing nations. Most universities offer limited, if any, financial aid for international students. Harvard, which offers identical financial aid to all admits, is a notable exception rather than the rule. Thus it is no surprise that international education is often limited to the highest socioeconomic strata of developing nations, which skews educational exchange...
...Even undergraduate travel fellowships come with their set of dangers. While some fellowships require a specific travel project, others explicitly allocate money for personal travel and exploration, which risks devolving into a blind whirlwind of American tourism. Such a devolution is risky, because tourism is an industry that caters to its customers; thus it often has a large impact on local cultural practices. Scholars have raised many concerns about this commodification of culture; as Robert Shepard writes, the tourist gaze has the power to turn culture into a spectacle and local peoples into facades of themselves...
...permitted to make unlimited donations. And nonprofits are under little obligation to open up their books to show where those cash streams are used. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, for example, regularly relies on a Sacramento-based nonprofit, the California State Protocol Foundation, to pay for his overseas travel, including private jets. Other charities foot the bill for the $65,000-a-year hotel suite Schwarzenegger stays at when in Sacramento. And, of course, these donations are tax deductible...
...TRAVEL ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. Luxurious ocean liners have been replaced by overcrowded airplanes, and the concept of "dressing" for a journey went out the window years ago. Still, steamer style continues to flourish in the realm of luggage. Call it a backlash to overhyped technical materials or compartment overload, but classics like Louis Vuitton and Goyard have never seemed so appealing. Even popular '80s accessories brand MCM is on the brink of a major comeback, thanks to styles chockablock with steamer signatures like logos and stripes. Gucci's Boston bags, with stripes and script, transition smoothly...
...going to be in Des Moines during caucus season, here are some helpful travel tips...