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The Evolving Prism: The Role of Nationalism in Canadian Higher Education
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Davies, Scott; Aurini, Janice – European Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This paper describes three eras of state building and higher education in Canada. Higher education in 'Old Canada' before WWII was mostly a small collection of colleges that bore imprints of American and British institutions and provided personnel needed to develop a vast and sparsely populated territory. The 'Hey Day of Canadian Nationalism' from…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational History
Bringing the 'Nation-State' into Being: Affect, Methodological Nationalism and Globalisation of Higher Education
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Shahjahan, Riyad A.; Grimm, Adam T. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2023
Methodological nationalism (MN) pervades higher education scholarship and practice, particularly in the arena of globalisation of higher education (HE) (Shahjahan and Kezar 2013). MN refers to the assumption that national boundaries define the natural category or unit of analysis for society. Drawing on affect theories, this conceptual article…
Descriptors: Correlation, Nationalism, Global Approach, Higher Education
Labour Migration in Moldova: Context and Controls
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Gaugas, Petru – Higher Education in Europe, 2004
The Republic of Moldova proclaimed its independence in 1991. Like other republics of the former USSR, during the last decade of the Twentieth Century, Moldova initiated social and economic reforms aimed at the country's transition to a market economy. A series of relevant social changes were achieved in Moldova but, contrary to initial estimates,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Living Standards, Human Resources
Impressions. China's Students Abroad: Rates of Return.
Lin, Chong-Pin – American Enterprise, 1994
Discusses the large number of Chinese students who have decided to study abroad and examines the impact these returning students may have on China's future political and economic development. It also highlights the problem of a "brain drain" occurring in China. How the country encourages its students to return after graduation is…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Students, Economic Development, Economic Impact
Problems of Professional Education: Dynamics and Basic Trends
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Feonova, M. R.; Spiridonova, G. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2004
In this article, the authors discuss the problems of professional education. They state that, the source of these problems--the violation of the constitutional rights of citizens to obtain an education accessible to all; the commercialization of education; and the worsening of the financial, material, technical, and cadre support of the system of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Constitutional Law, Access to Education
Higher Education in Poland: Four Years After.
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Grzelak, Janusz – European Journal of Education, 1993
Successes and failures in Polish higher education reform since the fall of communism are outlined. Successes include legal support for reform, access to higher education, new schools, international collaboration, enhancement of academic careers. Problems include inadequate structure for science, little structural change in higher education,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Organization, Brain Drain, Change Strategies