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All nations should help support the development of a global university to engage students in the process of solving the worlds most persistent social problems. I agree that it would serve the interest of all nations to establish a global university for the purpose of solving the worlds most persistent social problems.Nevertheless ,such a university poses certain risks which all participating nations must be careful to minimize -or risk defeating the universitys purpose. One compelling argument in favor of a golbal university has to do with fact that its faculty and students would bring diverse cultural and educational perspectives to the problems they seek to solve.It seems to me that nations can only benefit from a global university where sutdents learn ways in which other nations address certain soda problems-successfully or not. It might be tempting to think that an overly diversified academic community would impede communication among students and faculty. However,in my view any such concerns are unwarranted,especially considering the growing awareness of other peoples and cultures which the mass media,and especially the internet, have created .Moreover,many basic principle used to solve enduring social problems know no national boundaries;thus a useful insight or discovery can come from a researcher or student from any nation. Another compelling argument for a global university involves the increasingly global nature of certain problems.Consider,for instance, the depletion of atmospheric ozone,which has wanned the Earth to the point that it threatens the very survival of the human species.Also ,we are now learning that dear-cutting the worlds rainforests can set into motion a chain of animal extinction that threatens the delicate balance upon which all animas-including humans -depend .Also consider that a financial crisis-or a political crisis or natural disaster in one country can spell trouble for foreign companies,many of which are now multination in that they rely on the labor forces,equpment,and raw material of other nations.Environmental,economic,and political problems such as these all carry grave social consequences-increased crime,unemployment,insurrection,hunger,and so forth.Solving these problems requires global cooperation-which a global university can faciliate. | 
