Education City in Qatar is 2,500 acres big.
5 American Universities have opened satellite campuses in the complex in hopes of providing an American education experience without its students losing their strong Islamic values.
There will eventually be student housing, cafes, palm trees, more colleges and an $8 billion teachering hospital.
Wealthy Qataris will no longer need to go overseas to get a top-notch education. Instead, it will be brought to them.
Faculty members, imported from their American colleges get paid 25-40% more than when they are in the U.S.
The Qatari government covers the tuition of Qatari students and the money is sent directly to the home institute.
The Qatari government also makes some sizeable donations to the American counterpart...as much as $50 million.
But money, say school officials, is no the driving factor. Yeah, right!
Open-mindedness, tolerance, education and all that is the real reason.
If the students want an American experience, they will need to face prejudice, participate in activism, endure life in co-ed dorms, file lawsuits against sexual harrassing profs, participate in sports....and still get good grades, make connections and find a job.
There's more to the American university experience, good and bad, than just learning the material the profs dispense during class.
Do you think a student get an "American Experience" without coming to America?
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