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When next year’s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall, they’ll be joined by a new face; Andrew

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问题     When next year’s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall, they’ll be joined by a new face; Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost of Yale will become Oxford’s vice chancellor-a position equivalent to university president in the United States, with responsibility for the day-to-day running of the prestigious institution. Hamilton, a distinguished chemist, isn’t the only educator crossing the pond. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore and elsewhere have also recently made top-level hires from abroad.
    Higher education has become a big and competitive business these days, and like so many businesses, it’s gone global. Yet the talent flow isn’t universal. High-level personnel tend to head in only one direction; outward from the United States. The chief reason is that American schools just don’t tend to seriously consider looking abroad. For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president to oversee its three campuses or a 52,000 students, it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, the source of a hefty chunk of the university’s budget. The board ultimately picked a businessman or a political activist who is likely to excel at the main task of modern university presidents; fund-raising.
    Fund-raising is a distinctively American thing. This strength is largely a product of experience and necessity, since U. S. schools rely heavily on philanthropy. At Harvard last year, philanthropy made up 40 percent of the total budget. Many European universities, meanwhile, are still mostly dependent on government funding. But state support has failed to keep pace with rising student numbers. In Britain, for example, government contributions dropped from $14,000 per student in 1990 to $9,000 in 2006. This decline has made fund-raising an increasingly necessary ability among administrators, and has hired committees clamoring for Americans.
    In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003, when Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice chancellor, the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen " a major strengthening of Yale’s financial position". Her hiring was part of a larger initiative—in 2005 Cambridge launched a 10-year, $2 billion development plan, and this year Oxford followed suit with its own $2. 5 billion campaign. Both schools have opened development offices in the United States in order to tap wealthy alumni in a country already accustomed to giving.
    Of course, fund-raising isn’t the only skill outsiders offer. The globalization of education means more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind to bolster international programs and attract a global student body. Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective on established practices. In this area of the global economy, at least, U. S. exports still rule.
What’s the author’s attitude towards hiring foreign heads?
选项 A、Optimistic.
B、Disapproved.
C、Prejudiced.
D、Pessimistic.
答案A
解析 态度题。根据题干提示定位至最后一段。作者在本段指出：教育全球化意味着更多的大学将会猎取有国际交流经验的管理人才去促成国际合作，并吸引全球的学生。外来者可以对约定俗成的内容提出自己新颖的观点和见解。可见，作者对教育人才流动的国际化趋势持乐观积极的态度，故正确答案为[A]。
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