Why academic globalization should be welcomed, not feared.

Why academic globalization should be welcomed, not feared. - By: Ben Wildavsky | posted January 15, 2010 The New York Academy of Sciences Magazine

There are signs that the rest of the world is gaining on us fast—building new universities, improving existing ones, competing hard for the best students, and recruiting U.S.-trained PhDs to return home to work in university and industry labs. Should we be worried?