Im not an academic but went to fairly prestigious science university (not ivy league or MIT or something like top top tier). I don’t have any experiences to compare it to because I didn’t go to school in other countries.
But haven been through the system and being an American my whole life and understanding America, I would say no I didn’t see anything special about my education.
nothing particularly note worthy and in fact, I have a long list of criticisms. especially tenured professors, professors that don’t speak English very well, and then actually just horrible professors.
Curriculum wise, yes many universities can have fairly cutting edge curriculums but that’s not something we have a monopoly over.
And let’s not talk about the price.
Also, I had quite a few foreign exchange students that I’ve interacted with through throughout the years, whether at school or other places. And more often than not in the cs majors, I would say that they were ahead.
But haven been through the system and being an American my whole life and understanding America, I would say no I didn’t see anything special about my education.
nothing particularly note worthy and in fact, I have a long list of criticisms. especially tenured professors, professors that don’t speak English very well, and then actually just horrible professors.
Curriculum wise, yes many universities can have fairly cutting edge curriculums but that’s not something we have a monopoly over.
And let’s not talk about the price.
Also, I had quite a few foreign exchange students that I’ve interacted with through throughout the years, whether at school or other places. And more often than not in the cs majors, I would say that they were ahead.