Historically the school teams have been the Stanford Indians

Stay in India and study in Stanford – The Economic Times

If stringent visa rules have hampered the international character of American universities, the 113-year-old Stanford University has found a way out. The university is exploring options of opening an overseas campus.

The overseas programme at Stanford is nearly half-a-century old and is borne out of the appreciation by the university administration that Stanford students, in order to understand a country’s culture and tradition, need a physical presence in that country.

They have already been in Beijing in association with the Peking University. Currently in India, Stanford University President John L Hennessy is looking at Delhi, Mumbai and Pune as viable options for setting up such an overseas campus.

By this logic Stanford should have a campus everywhere in the world. Croatia? Czech Republic? Do they?

the key is this:

Dr Hennessy, talking to ET, spoke of the intense lobbying by its “proactive” alumni.

Intense lobbying? In other words Indians pushing an anti-American pro-India agenda. “Oh, OK!”

I’m outta here…