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Is Mount Holyoke College as global and international as we say it is?
Mount Holyoke College is a college in South Hadley, Massachusetts,
but it has students and professors from around the world.
The international influences are important at Mount Holyoke.
The college says: “While other institutions talk of going global,
Mount Holyoke has long set the standard.”
Between twenty and twenty five percent of students are international.
They are from China, Kenya and Amsterdam for example.
Mount Holyoke is also very special because it has a very international and diverse faculty.
The faculty has background, ancestry, and experience in other countries.
The international faculty improves the experience of both domestic and international students.
Hi. My name is Mark Lauer
and I’m a senior lecturer in German studies here at Mount Holyoke College.
Originally I am from Germany as you can hear in my accent.
I am from the southwest of Germany, from Tria.
Aldo is a tennis coach and PE instructor.
He is from Puerto Rico.
Okay, Mount Holyoke says that is global and I think it is true.
It has enough international people.
There are many people from China; there are many people from Pakistan and the Middle East.
There are fewer people from South America
Okay the term global and are we global at Mount Holyoke.
The answer is I think yes.
I do have a little bit of an issue with how the term global,
globalization is used in secondary education these days
because apparently everybody is global these days.
Where I feel at Mount Holyoke we do have more than 20 percent international students,
which is very unique at a US campus,
so I feel that this is something we can be very proud of.
We are global and we need to promote that and articulate that even better than we do now.
As a faculty, I do not think there is much diversity in the faculty.
There is, but you can do better.
It could be more international.
Despite where Mount Holyoke may fall short,
Aldo still sees positive aspects of acceptance of all students.
So, the faculty are not all in agreement about the international nature of the college.
But, to we students,
we are receiving a great education in a uniquely globally focused environment.
Yes, there is more Mount Holyoke could do,
but it is a leader in growth and inclusion internationally.