There seems also to be a tremendous risk to indigenous cultures if we insist that all scholarship be conducted in English. We are, for example, dealing with ancient and very highly-developed cultures in Korea, Japan, China and the Middle East.… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
English is not the primary language for universities in China, Korea, and Japan, but they are being evaluated on the basis of publications in English and courses taught in English. — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Public image is extremely important in American society and I observed personally that the Presidency of John F. Kennedy did much in the public… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
I would not say that Harvard possesses any sort of absolute dominance. And I personally do not take the rankings of schools all that… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
That doesn't mean that the top fifteen institutions in the ranking somehow don't belong there at all. But what is the difference between number… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That approach in… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
The faculty know what they need to develop and they need to work with an administrator with the authority do get it done. To… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Asian colleges would do well to use a broad range of criteria in selecting students and move beyond the unproductive "examination hell. " — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
There are many in East Asia who simply judge students on the basis of national tests. The top universities in the United States do… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
That said, there are a few clear factors that determine the potential of a university to reach the highest levels of excellence. In the… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Research is an expression of faith in the possibility of progress. The drive that leads scholars to study a topic has to include the… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
The question of how much English should be used in international research universities is one with which I am extremely familiar. I would even… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their own unique… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
