The World View

The announcement that Cornell is adjusting its admissions policy for international students from need-blind to “need aware” only seems to add to the confusion about who we enroll from abroad and why.

There are some who insist that the university is constantly in a state of crisis, aggravated perhaps by political crisis. I do not agree.

You cannot put people with different experiences, different values, and different backgrounds together and just assume that mutual respect and harmony will result. It might, but it is more likely that it won’t.

Supporting refugees takes not only political will on the part of university leaders but also budgetary decisions by faculty councils.

Geography influences the results of the International Outlook Ranking more than an institution's strategic decisions.

Will national internationalization policies ultimately achieve their short- and long-term, goals? Only time will tell. But perhaps the bigger question is what the overall impact of such policies will be on higher education worldwide.

It is imperative that institutions provide sufficient support services to facilitate the adjustments international students must make and to give students and scholars an opportunity to articulate their own needs.

In October, China’s central government (the State Council) launched the next stage of its campaign for world-class status for its universities.