U. S. and Europe’s approach to foreign students is to westernize them in a way of educating future leaders.

The idea that educating future leaders from other nations will make them more Western has long guided the U. S. and Europe’s generous approach to foreign students of high and low parentage but not everyone thinks it works.

Attractive people are seen to be smarter and more generous, kinder, and more intelligent. We make these judgments without realizing that we’re doing so. Attractive people are more likely to get help when they are in need. And they are more persuasive in changing opinions.