Global citizens?

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<p>The rare thoughtful article in the Crimson…</p>

<p>“As an “international” student myself, however, I have often observed that the vast majority of us jumped into the melting pot long before we reached Harvard—in many ways, we got here because of it. Harvard’s justifiably selective admissions standards as an American college create cultural and economic criteria that contribute to a far greater degree of cultural homogenization than what simple demographics suggest. As such, I often question whether the international student body at Harvard contributes to the creation of global citizens truly capable of cultural and linguistic flexibility and adaptation to different contexts, or rather to the creation of global elite citizens capable only of interacting with people who, albeit with diverse passports, have already adapted to an “international” English-mediated culture.”</p>

<p>[Into</a> the College Melting Pot | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/3/20/global-citizen-education-chang/]Into”>Into the College Melting Pot | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson)</p>

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<p>I liked this in the comments:</p>

<p>“Of course an American university is going to accept students who are prepared to thrive in an American university. A Brazilian or Chinese or French, etc. university would do the same.”</p>

<p>That was pretty much my reaction.</p>