N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi Scours Globe for Top Students

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/education/21nyu.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

by eplanit • 16 years ago

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Maven911• 16 years ago

As international as they try to make it, I do not expect it to beat the flood of global students applying to USA schools, some departments in US schools, especially in the master's/Ph.D levels are a lot more international then you would expect.

stoicagent2• 16 years ago

http://www.cs.cornell.edu/People/Students/MEngStudents/index...

stoicagent2• 16 years ago

wtf? WHY DOWNVOTED? I WAS PROVIDING GOOD REFERENCE FOR ABOVE COMMENT!

hga• 16 years ago

Well, they don't have to "beat the flood of global students applying to USA schools", they just have to attract enough good students. There's a large pool out there after all.

davidalln2• 16 years ago

Why Abu Dhabi? If you're really going for an "international" school, why wouldn't you pick somewhere a bit more stable? If neutrality is key, then I'd choose someplace like Geneva.

starkfist• 16 years ago

Because the Abu Dhabi government is picking up the tab.

Ennis• 16 years ago

As starkfist mentioned, Abu Dhabi is picking up the tab. The other reason would be the level of freedom that NYU is being given in designing the curriculum. Places like Geneva have strict guidelines on curriculum. While I'm sure the Emirates have curriculum guidelines as well, I see them being much more open to trying something new.

It's a university administrator's dream.

Also, U of Waterloo now has an Engineering campus in Dubai. http://www.uae.uwaterloo.ca/ It caused quite the discussion when I was in school at the time.

nl2• 16 years ago

What's unstable about Abu Dhabi?

davidalln2• 16 years ago

It's strong economy is based on a limited resource that much of the world is shifting away from. And its social policies remain incompatible with many of the major countries of today.

Also, the surrounding area is torn apart by a never-ending war.

rameshnid• 16 years ago

The middleast realizes that education is important for their growth once they run out of oil. They notice the success of israel and are trying to mimic it by creating institutes of excellence, but what they dont realize is there is no way they can mimic the culture of israel, which is more responsible for their success than anything else.

Its like u can build buildings in Bangalore but u cant replicate the culture of the valley. Bangalore ended up being a sweatshop where technology companies set up back end offices.

More over when half your population is not considered equal to the other half and is considered not ok for smart jobs or serious careers, I think that's a serious disadvantage human capital wise. Personally I don't think these programs will do any good.

Also, most of these programs are really new and I doubt if they will match the quality of the parent programs.

Disclaimer- I was offered to interview for one such program last year and I did not take it up.

N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi Scours Globe for Top Students

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