As I was walking to class the other day I noticed a large group of students assembled in one of the common areas of the university. I managed to find an older student who knows English and he explained to me that the students were voting for the new University president. I must have looked very surprised, because he quickly added that the administration extends voting rights to the students in an effort to promote democracy.
I couldn't help but think how interesting it is that Thailand, a country that has had trouble with democracy at the national level, promotes democracy like this among its lower levels of organization (e.g. Mae Fah Luang University), while the U.S. has a well-functioning democracy but does not encourage similar practices at its lower levels (e.g. Princeton University).
MFU may not be a private university (unlike Princeton)....I'll have to look into this.
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