<p>What are some good schools that stress internationalism and have strong foreign language and area studies programs?</p>
<p>Nobody beats Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Nobody.</p>
<p>Can you elaborate</p>
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<li><p>Huge international population (15% of students, from over 80 countries)</p></li>
<li><p>Strong emphasis on "area studies" (they have African Studies, Asian Languages and Cultures, French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Russian/Central Asian/Eastern European Studies, Latin American Studies and International Studies)</p></li>
<li><p>Large number of languages offered for an LAC (Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, etc.), and others available through U. of Minnesota</p></li>
<li><p>Lots of study abroad opportunities</p></li>
<li><p>Even small things: the dining hall has four sections, each with its own continental or regional emphasis.</p></li>
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<p>I second Macalester as the best and then would say Colby College.</p>
<p>what do you thing of middlebury, especially for languages?</p>
<p>You forgot to add that the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, studied at Macalester.</p>
<p>Macalester, of course. :) Middlebury's great for languages, but they're sorely lacking in diversity.</p>
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You forgot to add that the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, studied at Macalester.
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<p>He must have skipped the ethics courses.</p>
<p>Macalester and Mount Holyoke (5-College International Relations Certificate program under Vincent Ferraro - 15% of student body from abroad.) Bard - for Russia and Eastern Europe (they have their OWN liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, and interesting programs in Hungary and South Africa.)</p>
<p>Georgetown and Tufts, perhaps?</p>
<p>Middlebury is one of the best colleges in the U.S. for languages, and has one of the largest percentages of international students (compared to all liberal arts colleges).</p>
<p>macalester for everything but mid east studies</p>
<p>other notables include georgetown, tufts, american</p>
<p>of the ivy leagues, penn's huntsman program is awesome for international business</p>
<p>and for state schools, u minn, u washington, michigan, u texas are all good</p>
<p>middlebury is reputed for its language schools but i think maybe the undergrad program is not as good...but still check it out (i could easily be wrong here)</p>
<p>forgot u indiana bloomington, also good</p>
<p>but it will also depend on what region you want to study..the CA schools may have better asian studies since there is a larger asian population there (again just speculating)...</p>
<p>Most of these sound awesome. My sister's friend went to middlebury and ended up with an MD from Johns Hopkins, so it must be decent. I dont think ill be looking at Ivies, I most likely wouldnt get in. I like Georgetown a lot maybe for comparative regional studies, Does Georgetown have a good study abroad program? Im thinking about applying there EA because its the only school on my short list that offerse EA instead of ED. And the regions I really want to study, I think I;ve narrowed it down are Western Europe with German and Eastern Europe and Russia. Id also like to take other language classes on the side and continue French and Spanish so that's another reason I like Middlebury.</p>
<p>middlebury's general lack of diversity doesn't say anything about the amazing faculty and the wildly popular international studies major, which requires a regional and language focus. it's a fabulous program, and middlebury is an amazing school. middlebury might also come with a bit more name recognition than macalaster, although it still doesn't compare to an ivy league type name. it's a very well rounded program, however, and their newly announced partnership with the monterey institute of internation studies might interest you as well.</p>
<p>Macalaster offers the courses and Kofi Annans alumniship, but Georgetown allows just sheer convience for international studies.</p>
<p>Not only is it tucked in the most exclusive and busiest area of the Nations Capital, it is less than 1.5 miles from over 100 embassies and international offices, not to mention not for profit organizations, and the plethora of think tanks and the State Department itself. Georgetown is also an Ivy calibur institution that infact tours with Harvard and Upenn all across the country recruiting candidates. No doubt the only other school of politics on par with Georgetown is JFK at Harvard, but Macalaster is also up there. </p>
<p>Not only can you focus on international affairs you can actually look out your calssroom window and see over 600 diplomats and other foreign officals. All in the most expensive real estate in the DC Metro Area coincedentally called Georgetown (Van Ness, Foggy Bottom).</p>
<p>Draw backs, you are in the middle of the worst form of International Inequality and poverty (ironic), IN THE HEART OF THE CAPITAL OF RICHEST COUNTRY ON EARTH, LESS THAN 4 MILES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS ONE OF THE WORST HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE NATION. Its quite sad really, Northwest DC is the only place you can really walk about, but as soon as you head east you are visibily struck at the disenfranchised youth. Plus you are paying an exorbitant amount to attend.</p>
<p>Macalaster is quite good and has a lot to offer with its course availability and its entire school focus on international studies, but it also has its draw backs, primarily its location and how small it is. Macalaster is not (Arguably) as prestigious as Georgetown, and its distance from centers of American culture make it hard for it to claim that it is internationally focused when its far from where things are happening. You cant take the bus downtown and see all members of the congress or the president on ANY given day, or go outside and talk with the business leaders of the world in the midst of 8 million diverse people. </p>
<p>Harvards JFK, is just that, Harvards JFk. One of many graduate programs. Its not Harvards focus. So really its just a good school in a great University but not really a great Internationally focused institution as a whole. Plus, selectivity and price are heartbreakers. Even Boston is a little bit out there for world politics, because in all reality DC and New York are the Political centers of America and along with London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, ..... are the political power centers of the world, where you can actually see politics happen.</p>
<p>Georgetown and Florida International University</p>
<p>McGill University</p>
<p>Georgetown probably?</p>