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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

serve a very local community and have to be attentive to that. Other universities,<br />

while being local, are also international. And some universities, liking <strong>Peking</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong> or McGill <strong>University</strong>, are international. At McGill, 25% <strong>of</strong> our<br />

undergraduate students are international students. They come from other countries.<br />

We have graduates from 155 countries around the world. International education is<br />

an important part <strong>of</strong> what we do. And it‘s not because <strong>of</strong> the pressures <strong>of</strong><br />

globalization, it‘s because we have historically always served a large worldwide<br />

community. So some universities have a worldwide community to serve, not just a<br />

national or a local community.<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS: As for student cultivation, would you share with us your ideas on how<br />

universities could achieve a satisfactory result in both academic study and career<br />

development?<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Masi: That‘s a very important question. I think universities serve students best<br />

by providing with them a broad base <strong>of</strong> education, and not focusing narrowly on<br />

training students for jobs that are immediately available. Students, if they are well<br />

educated, will be adaptable, and learn how to be trained by their employers, or by<br />

any other training programs. They are not to be trained at universities. Training<br />

should not be part <strong>of</strong> university curriculum.<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS: Do the students <strong>of</strong> McGill have an easy time in finding jobs?<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Masi: They have a relatively easy time in finding jobs, but they have a relatively<br />

difficult time accepting what I have just told you. They would rather that we did more<br />

training along with the education. But they are very difficult to reconcile.<br />

Edited By : Wang Yi<br />

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