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The schools are extremely valuable to americans as research centers and hubs of networks of power. There is ultimately no reason why Stanford or Harvard couldn'
by tgarma1234 10y ago
The schools are extremely valuable to americans as research centers and hubs of networks of power. There is ultimately no reason why Stanford or Harvard couldn't move to India or China if there were higher quality students willing to pay vastly more than American families can. The universities have the prestige, we don't. We are beneficiaries of their prestige, not the other way around.
So no, I don't agree with that article. Invest in success MORE not less.
- 67726e 10y agoA university is more than a name. Harvard or Stanford aren't going anywhere.
- sidek 10y agoBut if Americans take the perspective that their premier universities should contribute tax dollars, whilst other countries fund their universities, American universities will have marginally less resources. This will compound, because international moguls who can donate to a good school in country A (and have 20℅ taxed off the top) or in country B (and have none taxed) might well prefer country B. The end result is a plummet in the Ivy League's international standing. Academics are remarkably focused on their research; prestige and nation matter little to many of thr top ones. What attracts academics are resources and colleagues. Without resources, the colleagues become worse, so both wither. Suddenly you'll have American politicians wondering why their schools aren't the best anymore.
- 67726e 10y agoThat's a nice work of speculative fiction.
- hueving 10y agoThe Harvard and Stanford names would quickly lose their prestige if they abandoned the US. Most of the prestige is derived from the citizens of the US to begin with.