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Mittelmeier, Jenna; Gunter, Ashley; Raghuram, Parvati; Rienties, Bart – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2022
The outward migration of skilled migrants has disproportionally affected the Global South, particularly in countries in Africa, producing what is commonly referred to as 'brain drain'. Within this literature, there has been considerable focus on the future migration intentions of international students, who symbolise skilled migration. However,…
Descriptors: Migration, Brain Drain, Student Adjustment, Social Adjustment
Hurst, Ellen – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
African skilled migrants and their circular and return migration strategies have received relatively little attention in the literature, with the previous focus of much African migration literature being on the net loss of skills to countries with developed economies in the global north. This article considers 13 interviews with African skilled…
Descriptors: Migration, Foreign Countries, African Languages, Migrants
Rensburg, Ihron; Motala, Shireen; David, Solomon Arulraj – Frontiers of Education in China, 2015
The evolution of South African universities continues to be shaped by both apartheid and more recent post-apartheid policies. Yet the South African university system is mainly an elite, low participation and high attrition system, offering a medium quality education. Moreover, there is uneven attention to the opportunities that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
Herman, Chaya – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
An assessment of the extent to which industry-university partnerships in doctoral education, which have become increasingly prevalent in the knowledge economy, have begun to penetrate the South African higher education milieu, is reported. The factors that motivate large industries in developing countries such as South Africa to invest in doctoral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Business Relationship, Doctoral Degrees, Partnerships in Education
Semali, Ladislaus M.; Baker, Rose; Freer, Rob – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Public and private universities in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, and elsewhere in Africa, were experiencing all time high enrollments since the late 1990s. To address these demands, university administrators sought partnerships with universities of the global North to facilitate the necessary educational reform and curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, Cooperation
Bertram, Carol; Wedekind, Volker; Muthukrishna, Nithi – Perspectives in Education, 2007
The international recruitment by countries of the North of teachers from less developed countries has become a controversial aspect of the problem of "brain drain". As a political and economic issue, the argument is that it reduces human capital within the education system and leads to the movement of highly skilled teachers from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Recruitment, Questionnaires, Faculty Mobility
Lindow, Megan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports on new programs that focus on training skilled scientists and mathematicians who will help solve Africa's myriad problems. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, in Cape Town, South Africa, offers one of the first working examples of a growing effort to develop a cadre of highly trained, practically minded scientists…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Scientists
Manik, Sadhana – Perspectives in Education, 2007
Globalisation of the world economy has intensified migration in the twenty-first century. Professionals are vulnerable to transnational migration and the trend is for professionals from developing countries to fill labour gaps in developed countries. South Africa's (SA) inclusion in the world labour market suggests that she is not immune. She is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Teacher Motivation, Faculty Mobility
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
McNamara, Olwen; Lewis, Sarah; Howson, John – Perspectives in Education, 2007
A common strategy employed by wealthy industrial nations for dealing with short-term skill deficits is to recruit internationally; such was the case, around the millennium, when a teacher supply crisis occurred in the United Kingdom (UK). That immediate crisis is now over; yet irrespective of peaks and troughs, international teacher migration is…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Migration, Teacher Recruitment
Chitiyo, Morgan; Chitiyo, George – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2007
There is heightened concern about the need to provide effective special education services around the world. There is also evidence showing that most countries have either legislation already in place or are currently designing legislation to govern the provision of education services and protect the rights of children and families challenged by…
Descriptors: Special Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Needs, Disabilities
Keino, Leah C.; Van Wyk, Ria; Hendrich, Suzanne; Phye, Gary; Thompson, Ann – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2005
In an effort to address migration of talent from sub-Saharan Africa, a number of higher education institutions are attempting to strengthen or develop graduate programs in several areas. These institutions see the potential for emerging digital technologies to provide new and exciting opportunities for collaboration with Western institutions.…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Migration, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education
Akoojee, Salim; McGrath, Simon – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2004
This article reviews the effects of globalization on South Africa a decade after the transition to a post-apartheid system. It brings together some of the recent literature of the performance of the economy and concomitant changes in education. It shows the pervasive force of globalization on South African education and training and explores in…
Descriptors: Racial Segregation, Global Approach, Educational Change, Foreign Countries