Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Universities Branch Out
As never before in their long history, universities have become
instruments of national competition as well as instruments of peace.
They are the place of the that move economies forward, and the
primary means of educating the talent required to obtain and
maintain competitive advantage. But at the same time, the opening of
national borders to the flow of goods.services, information and
especially people has made universities a powerful force for global
integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability.
In response to the same forces that have driven the world economy,
universities have become more self-consciously global: seeking
students from who represent the entire range of cultures and
values, sending their own students abroad to prepare them for global
careers offering courses of study that address the challenges of an
interconnected world and collaborative(合作的) research programs to
advance science for rhc benefit 0f all humanity.
Of the forces shaping higher education none is more sweeping than
the movement across borders.Over the past three decades the number
of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at art
annual rate of 3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to 2.5 million in
2004. Most travel from one developed nation to another, but the flow
from developing to developed countries is grow
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