Paradox or paradigm? Making sense of Korean globalization

In an annual rite of spring, a handful of American universities host an unlikely spectacle. Nearly a hundred high-school students, dressed in traditional Korean attire, march through campus in orderly lines. At least at Stanford, this procession feels out of place; the group’s Confucian decorum clashes with Californian casualness. So, it can be surprising to find that many of these students have already gained acceptance to one or more elite American universities, and are in the process of choosing between them.