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Babasola Fateye; O. Osuolale; T.C. Omotoriogun – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2024
Although the crucial role of the diaspora in scientific research and postgraduate training in Africa has been well documented, much less is known about their role in undergraduate STEM education. In this case study, we reflect on our experiences of i) adapting the content of training in order to complement local expertise and needs; and ii)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Faculty, Undergraduate Students
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Rimashevskaia, N. M.; Zubova, L. T.; Antropova, O. A. – Russian Education and Society, 2011
Russian science is experiencing processes of personnel aging and stagnation, which are disrupting the continuity of the generations and are limiting prospective workers' opportunities for professional and career growth. The decline in the prestige of science work, the exodus of specialists into other, more attractive segments of economic activity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Research, Science Careers, Scientists
Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2011
Sometimes it's a relief when a leader leaves. What large organization, after all, doesn't have its "seasoned" corner office dragon who predates everyone, and who no one can figure out how to get rid of? But more often, companies are proud of their leaders, especially the ones they took pains to develop over a decade or two. After years of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Leadership, Productivity, Employees
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Kamphuis, Pascal; Glebbeek, Arie C.; Van Lieshout, Harm – International Journal of Training and Development, 2010
Sectoral levelling funds are an arrangement aimed at alleviating a well-known theoretical problem of underinvestment in worker training because of free-rider behaviour of firms. In the Netherlands, collective agreements require firms to participate in such funds in a number of sectors. Using a comprehensive dataset of Dutch firms, we attempt to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Job Training, Program Effectiveness
Jones, Benjamin F. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
This paper presents a model where human capital differences--rather than technology differences--can explain several central phenomena in the world economy. The results follow from the educational choices of workers, who decide not just how long to train, but also how broadly. A "knowledge trap" occurs in economies where skilled workers favor…
Descriptors: Human Capital, International Trade, Role of Education, Skilled Workers
Barnighausen, Till; Bloom, David E. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
Without large increases in the number of health workers to treat HIV/AIDS (HAHW), most developing countries will be unable to achieve universal coverage with antiretroviral treatment (ART), leading to large numbers of potentially avoidable deaths among people living with HIV/AIDS. We use Markov Monte Carlo microsimulation to estimate the expected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarships, Developing Nations, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Appleton, Simon; Sives, Amanda; Morgan, W. John – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2006
Whilst the migration of teachers has been a phenomenon for hundreds of years, the advent of "globalisation" has seen such migration return to prominence. This article focuses on the experiences of two developing countries in Southern Africa which have been on different ends of the process: South Africa as a net sender of teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Faculty Mobility, Brain Drain
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Knudson, Edward – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2004
Seven years ago, SC Johnson--A Family Company approached Gateway Technical College with a need to further strengthen their incumbent workforce's technical training and education. Retirements, brain drain, and competition for technical expertise were the forces driving SC Johnson to develop a comprehensive, flexible, and timely workplace education…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Employees, Technical Institutes, Mechanical Skills
Barrere, Rodolfo; Luchilo, Lucas; Raffo, Julio – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2004
This paper presents the main trends in respect of the supply of human resources in science and technology (HRST) in Latin America and the international mobility of its highly skilled labour. This will be done through the identification of potential data sources, followed by a presentation of indicators drawn from these sources. In addition, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Human Resources, Latin Americans