American Students Abroad Can't Be 'Global Citizens'

By TALYA ZEMACH-BERSIN

In September 2005 I boarded a plane to Delhi with 23 other American students for a semester-long Tibetan-studies program in India, Nepal, and Tibet. I set off wide-eyed, hopeful, and full of expectations for what was sure to be a life-changing experience.

The program had promised "exotic" excursions through...