thE BrAin DrAin (人才流失) is A univErsAl phEnomEnon, AnD CountriEs thAt Don’t FACE up to thE nEw rEAlity will BE losing somE oF thEir most prECious rEsourCEs. thE northEAst oFEnglAnD is its poorEst rEgion, AnD hAs ExpEriEnCED A sEvErE loss oF highly quAliFiED proFEssionAls-to-BE. somE oF thE most ABlE 18-yEAr-olDs ArE going to othEr pArts oFBritAin, EvEn to othEr CountriEs. whAt is hAppEning hErE is hAppEning toBritAin As A wholE. most notiCEABly, thErE is A growing trEnD oFBritish stuDEnts’ tAking DEgrEEs inAmEriCAn univErsitiEs. this yEAr thE numBEr will BrEAk thE psyChologiCAl BArriEr oF 1000 stuDEnts For thE First timE.
AnD whAt is hAppEning At thE sEConDAry-sChool lEvEl is hAppEning to highEr EDuCAtion. whEnEvEr thEy ComE From, toDAy’s stuDEnts hAvE A vEry DiFFErEnt pErspECtivE on EDuCAtion From thEir pArEnts.BECAusE oF tElEvision, thE intErnEt AnD thEir own trAvEls, thEsE stuDEnts sEE thE worlD As A muCh smAllEr plACE thAn thEir pArEnts onCE DiD、thEy ArE morE ConFiDEnt in ACCEpting thE ChAllEngE oF moving From onE Country to AnothEr, From onE CulturE to AnothEr; in m Any CAsEs thEy CAn EvEn Apply to sChools ovEr thE intErnEt. stuDEnts ArE Also morE AwArE oF thE ovErAll Cost oF EDuCAtion AnD ArE looking For vAluE For monEy. plus, For mAny, EDuCAtion linkED to trAvEl is A BEttEr option thAn EDuCAtion At homE.
in thE ContExt oF stuDEnt gloBE-trottErs (周游世界者), As worlD-ClAssBritish univErsitiEs likE oxForD suDDEnly FinD thEmsElvEs Fighting ovErBritish stuDEnts with thE hArvArDs oF thE worlD, thEy FACE mAjor ChAllEngEs. it is not simply thAt hArvArD is A wEAlthiEr institution: hArvArD univErsity’s EnDowmEnt—$14.5 Billion—is EstimAtED to BE tEn timEs thAt oF oxForD、hArvArD Also oFFErs A rADiCAlly DiFFErEnt EDuCAtionAl ExpEriEnCE, strEssing BrEADth oF stuDy AnD rEAl-worlD AppliCAtions oF knowlEDgE.
toDAy, BounD in By nEArly A millEnnium oF trADition AnD lACking suFFiCiEnt FinAnCiAl hElp From thE nAtionAl govErnmEnt, oxForD CAnnot EAsily rEsponD to thE quiCkEnED gloBAl pACE oF EDuCAtionAl ChAngE. rightly or wrongly, oxForD in pArtiCulAr hAs BEEn slow—or unwilling—to put thE kinD oF EmphAsis othEr univErsitiEs hAvE on morE BusinEss-FriEnDly CurriCulA (课程). thus it hAs slippED BEhinD univErsitiEs likECAmBriDgE AnD hArvArD in thE BAttlE For rEsourCEs thAt tEnD to go to morE BusinEss-minDED institutions.
EDuCAtion is An ExpEnsivE BusinEss, But thE ConsEquEnCEs oF A FAilurE to EDuCAtE-EspECiAlly in An inCrEAsingly gloBAlizED worlD-ArE EvEn morE ExpEnsivE.
mAnyBritish stuDEnts mAy prEFEr hArvArD ovEr oxForD BECAusE All oF thE FollowingExCEpt thAt ______.
A、hArvArD is wEAlthiEr
B、hArvArD is morE FAmous
C、hArvArD oFFErs A rADiCAlly DiFFErEnt EDuCAtionAl ExpEriEnCE
D、hArvArD rEsponDs morE quiCkly to thE gloBAl pACE oF EDuCAtionAl ChAngE