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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard and other top private institutions are top of the list precisely because they have the ability to select top students globally.  It's not as though America made Harvard (or other institutions) great.  They are remarkable international institutions that happen to be located in the US.  And if the US wanted to prize education and knowledge, and prepare our kids academically, we could do so but have largely chosen other priorities.  The problem isn't that Harvard has international students, it's that the US has made decisions, long-term, that education is not a priority so we have a harder time keeping up.  And frankly, if Harvard needs to move out of the US, temporarily or long term, it as the money and ability to do so. That will hurt the US as Harvard graduate (from the US or elsewhere) make outsized positive impacts on national science and academic progress, and tend to be high intellectual and financial contributors. But they can increasingly go elsewhere for their studies and research and to settle down.  Many other places are eager to take in our top talent and the international talent we have until recently attracted.  China, the UK and Europe, among others, couldn't be happier with the US policies encouraging the international (and US) best and brightest to move elsewhere.  [/quote]

The first part of this is almost entirely incorrect. America certainly did make Harvard great. The relatively small number of international students that Harvard enrolled in its first 350+ years had almost no impact on its development.

The second part, however, is partially correct. The UK and EU will certainly try to attract top students. China not so much, except for the very limited purpose of expanding its own influence and power.

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