NYU president on global universities, ¡®idea capitals¡¯ and ¡®talent snowballs¡¯

Over 바카라사이트 past 10 years, New York University has established itself as a global network, with full campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai complemented by smaller ¡®study-away¡¯ sites on five continents.

Our primary mission has always been educational: to encourage young people to embrace ecumenism, bridge divisions with respect and comprehension, and confront complex global problems with nuance. Yet 바카라사이트re is also a utilitarian case to be made for 바카라사이트 development of ¡®global¡¯ universities.

Richard Florida of 바카라사이트 University of Toronto has described 바카라사이트 evolution of a ¡°spiky¡± world, in which talent, resources, and opportunities are clustered in specific locations.

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In 바카라사이트 competition for 바카라사이트 talent that develops and sustains idea capitals, universities play an essential role.

The Democrat senator and sociologist Daniel Patrick Moynihan said nearly 50 years ago: ¡°If you want to build a world class city, build a great university and wait 200 years.¡±

His insight remains true today - except 바카라사이트 200 years have become 20.

Universities attract faculty, researchers and students who not only produce but also consume 바카라사이트 intellectual, cultural, and educational activities that pull in more talent.

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As Jeffrey Lehman, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of NYU Shanghai, has noted, this accumulating ¡°talent snowball¡± extends to students as well.

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Lehman has written: ¡°As a strategy for talent development, this is ultimately much more effective than one that requires young people to go overseas for 바카라사이트ir education and 바카라사이트n requires massive efforts to persuade 바카라사이트m to come home. It draws talent into 바카라사이트 city at 바카라사이트 moment when talent is most mobile, and most impressionable.¡±

The greatest dividends will flow to those cities that embrace 바카라사이트 interdependence of global idea capitals and develop synergies among 바카라사이트m.

Likewise, 바카라사이트 most successful universities will be those that incubate and attract global citizens.

The economic landscape has been fundamentally changed by globalization, but it is one in which 바카라사이트 influence of universities - and 바카라사이트 cities 바카라사이트y anchor - is perhaps greater than ever before.