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Testimonials |
By the end of the program, I knew that summer 2007 was already THE most productive, enriching, and eye-opening summer yet (that's including GHP and an internship in the PRC in summers before). I had a feeling the site visits + lectures had hit all the major points any worthwhile study abroad experience should cover and surely enough, the travel magazine on the flight back home had an article about "3 Perfect Days" in East Asia. We visited nearly all of the must sees they cited and had the chance to speak face-to-face with important government officials no travel agency can arrange. What a deal!
David Wu, ISyE major, INTA minor, 2007 program cycle.
Although all study abroad programs promise an eye opening experience, the East Asia Political Economy program is unique. The opportunity to visit with business and political leaders in multiple countries with vastly different cultures and institutions is a powerful experience. You will learn so much in the space of 6 weeks that your entire perspective on economics, business and technology as well the politics that drive them all will change completely. For me, it even led to
my first post graduate school job - doing paid research on technology policy and economic development in China!
Michael Murphree, INTA graduate student, 2006.
Though going on the East Asia Summer Program will improve your Chinese (or Japanese), put you face-to-face with Asian political and business
leaders, and in a compact 40 days allow you to see broad swaths of the great and charming Far East, what you will return most indelibly with is a firmer grasp of how East Asia rapidly became and is becoming the industrial powerhouse of the world. This issue is inseparable from the overall rise of China—-arguably the most important story of the coming generation. If you seek to understand the political and economic developments of East Asia—-a necessary part of a broad worldview and interesting in its own right—-go to Asia this summer with a group
of like-minded travelers led by a globally-known China scholar. You won’t regret it.
Tanner Brown, INTA graduate student, 2006 Program Cycle
The East Asia program was one of the most enriching experiences of my life. While cross-cultural interactions open new corridors in one's way of thinking and show different sides of one fact, the rapid increase of knowledge about this attractive region during the program gives one the opportunity to understand the similarities and differences between societies and also how they tend to react to changes throughout several time spans. Don't worry; it's good for touristic purposes, too. There was lots of fun.
Ahmet Emre Eser, Industrial Engineering, 2007 program.
The East Asia study abroad program was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I don't think I'll ever get another chance to travel, learn about, and experience Asia so comprehensively again in one go, so I'm definitely glad I made this investment. We saw and experienced first-hand examples of East Asian development and came to understand intimately how that area of the world has become so important in the last half century. Other than touring locales that ranged from export processing zones to political party headquarters to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, we also met a lot of knowledgeable and influential people and had the chance to ask questions that we'd otherwise have to try and dig up in textbooks, which probably wouldn't have been as constructive. Learning things through experience is much quicker and more beneficial than trying to read through mounds of texts. The instructors and other students on the trip were fantastic, and if I had the opportunity to, I'd study abroad with them all over again. I highly recommend this study abroad program to anyone who is serious about economic development or East Asian studies.
Siwan Liu, International Affairs and Modern Languages, 2007 program.