<p>how come america has the best colleges?? i am not saying other countries don't have great colleges because there are colleges such as cambridge and oxford but there are very few foreign colleges that can compete and have the quality of the best american colleges.</p>
<p>In my opinion, that is not true at all on an undergraduate level. However, American universities tend to have enormous endowments and thus have greater prestige, especially since a portion of that money can be devoted to research. For undergraduate study, though, many foreign colleges can easily outstrip their American counterparts.</p>
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<p>Sorry, just had to get that out.</p>
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<p>In my opinion, that is not true at all on an undergraduate level.</p>
<p>when you say that you mean foreign undergraduate colleges are better in terms of what?</p>
<p>Providing a solid education to the students who attend. At many American universities, far less attention is given to undergraduate study than is the case elsewhere. Indeed, even a substantial portion of the less-renowned liberal arts colleges in the US are better at educating their students than are preeminent universities such as Harvard and Yale.</p>
<p>honestly i dont care about the education they give you cause you wont really use it in the future, well for business that is.</p>
<p>American colleges, unlike Oxford of UK does not have a history of soliciting money from the general population and from their alumnis. In the UK, there isn’t much of a giving spirit nor is there much a precedent of asking for money.</p>
<p>American colleges (especially the top 20) regularly participating in multi billion dollar campaign fundraisers.</p>
<p>Endowment is the reason…Job opportunities in US are much higher paying etc.. that is in the rest of the world.</p>
<p>3365, you summed up my main objection to the focus of American education right there. Here, leadership and a capacity for exploiting human resources are emphasized (that is, the skills necessary to excel in business) whereas intellectual growth and scientific progress are often marginalized (that is, pre-professionalism is stressed while fundamentally important subjects such as philosophy are treated lightly). Of course, the same criticism still applies to a plethora of foreign universities, but a smaller proportion. Indeed, the divergent focus can be seen in many respects; for example, in most foreign universities, the idea of “legacy” applicants is frowned upon as being abhorrent and the use of ECs in the admissions process is essentially unheard of. That’s because such universities tend to be academic institutions of investigation and learning as opposed to breeding grounds for new leaders. You should seek to understand the world around you, not take advantage of it.</p>
<p>Most American universities were also adopted based on the German Research Model. Its the fact that all universities in the world are modeled after the German research structure. Its the quantity and quality of high profile faculty professors you can attract. Good professors is a hot commodity. Those who are in the know and of course have the money can easily solicit brighter minds from one institution to the next. Its just a problem or whether or not you have that type of cash on hand to retain and attract bright minded people. of course, that becomes the foundation of having a strong core of faculty which in itself attracts minds across the world. having money is ofcourse one thing, American colleges just has the most of it.</p>
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<p>I think xNYer is on to something! hehe!</p>
<p>Phead, do you know which was the first major American university to adopt the “Germany Research Model”?</p>
<p>I think that this OP is based on a false presumption.</p>
<p>3365, American universities aren’t the best for undergraduate education. In fact, many will argue that the US system is not sufficiently rigorous. However, I think that in terms of overall experience, the US undergraduate system is probably the most well rounded and practical. </p>
<p>On the other hand, American universities are probably the best for graduate education. That’s because most cutting edge research takes place in government agencies and private research labs whereas in the US, a lot of it takes place at major universities.</p>
<p>wait i thought american undergrad was best because foreigners want to go to our colleges.</p>
<p>Actually 3365, international students flood universities at most developped nations, including Australia, Canada and Europe. Of course, the US gets the most, but then again, with a population of 300 million people, the US is by far the largest developped nation with the most universities. The second largest developed country is Japan with 120 million people and Germany is third with 80 million. </p>
<p>Of course, universities that follow an English language curriculum will probably attract more international students since English is more widely spoken than French, German, Italian, Japanese or Spanish. So Australia, Canada, the UK and the US will probably attract more nternational students that Belgium, France, Germany, Holand, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain or Switzerland. </p>
<p>Also, it is easier for international students to secure jobs upon graduation in the US as its immigration laws are a little more flexible. So again, many international students will flock to the US because they think they have better odds of landing a job when they graduate.</p>
<p>hey i have a question for you alexandre. you live in dubai? are you a prince?</p>
<p>One reason I am not sure if people stated is that the US has the largest number of Nobel Winners and people leading different fields. As well a large percent of those Nobel Winners teach, at the University of Washington they have 11 such people, MIT has around 17.</p>
<p>Am I a prince? LOL! Unfortunately not. I am a mere mortal. </p>
<p>But I have been told that blue blood runs through my veins…although I doubt it has anything to do with royal lineage! ;)</p>
<p>Wow my arab friends tell me Dubai, is a ballin’ place, with all the development and man made island resort, it kind made me want to go there. Alexandre from your previous post unless i am mistaken you are either an engineer or a business person. If you don’t mind could you say which.</p>
<p>yeah alexandre what do you exactly do in dubai? are you an engineer for exxon mobil? are you helping set up dubai to become a world class city or what?</p>