Rating The Importance of International Education Jason Kinnear Associate Dean of Study Abroad & Exchanges at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ” I would put it at a 42 on the scale of 1-10. Life's the universe and everything. With our students today, preparing them to work in a globalized world is crucial. Any university that's preparing students to work in any piece of the economy has to RATING: 42 have a global component to their education..”