“World schooling” families head out for global travels while teaching their kids on the road.
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Immigration: Sam Altman gets “Golden Visa”
Immigration privilege: Indonesia has awarded OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman its first “Golden Visa” …. Altman’s Golden Visa is for 10 years. As a holder of the visa, the American…
Continue readingPart 1: The myth that Americans can just move abroad for a better life
A pop meme in the media is that many Americans are moving abroad and anyone can do this. Not really. The reality is their reporting on the subject is terrible.
Continue readingInternational experience a requirement to move up in tech jobs in the U.S.
International, Education: You need international experience to succeed in tech – Coldstreams 80% of Master’s degree students in computer science at U.S. universities are foreign born, and a similar percentage…
Continue readingImmigration privilege – again
A shockingly high percent of Americans have “immigration” privilege that gives them a right of immigration or residency in other countries, due to “right of descent” ancestry laws. Many travel or even move back and forth between countries, oblivious to their unique privilege that many of us lack.
Continue readingHow to build an internationalized campus | Study Abroad
“Our goal is to be an internationalized campus, where having a global lens is part of who we are,” says Professor Katy Crossley-Frolick, director of the center. “We want to…
Continue readingEducation: Competing in a global world requires global skills
For the United States to compete in a globally connected world, we must be globally connected. The benefits of studying abroad range from personal growth to business acumen. Data show…
Continue readingOut of touch: “The Case Against Travel”
Prof. Agnes Callard writes a column for The New Yorker asserting that most people do not learn much from their travels, suggesting travel is therefore not good. She, herself is a global elitist, having been born abroad, studied abroad (multiple times), lived abroad (multiple times), and organized conferences abroad, and from her own words and CV, has done much international travel. But that was okay because she came back “transformed”, unlike the unwashed masses that we permit to travel today.
Good grief. This is academic intellectualism in 2023.
Continue readingStudy, work, living or being born abroad teaches how to think globally.
Study abroad, work abroad, living abroad or being born abroad, living abroad teaches one how to think globally.
Continue readingTwo over 80s women travel the world in 80 days
Two 80+ year old women are in the news for traveling around the world “in 80 days”, as if anyone can do this. Reality check: They are both highly experienced global travelers before setting out on this trip. One has been to 107 countries and the other had lectured in numerous countries throughout the world.
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