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Sutherland, Margaret B. – Brit J Educ Stud, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Brain Drain, College Faculty, Educational Needs
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Newman, Ian M. – Journal of School Health, 1977
This article describes four forms of international health education (example, direct health education, indirect health education, and professional education) and discusses dilemmas arising from (1) changing health and disease conditions, (2) socioeconomic status, (3) educational level, (4) humanistic idealism, and (5) individual and cultural…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits, Educational Problems
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Ong, Paul M.; And Others – International Educator, 1991
The heavy migration of highly educated Asians to the United States since the early 1970s is examined, noting advantages and disadvantages to the countries of origin and to the United States as well as the historical, educational, and economic factors causing this migration. It is concluded that, despite considerable loss, developing countries do…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Economic Development, Educational History, Foreign Students
Norris, Stephen P.; And Others – 1992
A study tested several possible explanations of why the reading literacy levels in Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) are lower than those in the rest of Canada. Reading literacy was chosen as the focus of analysis for three reasons: (1) the reading score was the most consistent of the three direct measures of literacy; (2) the reading and…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Brain Drain, Demography
Chang, Shirley Hsiu-chu Lin – 1988
Over 80% of the Taiwanese students who complete their graduate study in the United States do not return but instead stay to become members of American college faculties or to take jobs in research organizations and industries. The concept of the Taiwanese brain drain is described and how it developed and what the government has done to cope with…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Students, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Yazback, Shadya – Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 2005
Is Ohio losing its best and brightest minds? That's what is often implied by some well-publicized data on college graduates who move to other states after graduation. But what do these data actually tell us? This Commentary shows that they do not paint a complete picture of the emerging class of graduates, much less the state's workforce. States…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Graduates, Human Capital, Economic Development
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Mommsen, Kent G. – Journal of Negro Education, 1973
Focuses on the career patterns of a sample of black American doctorates in order to test the brain drain'' hypothesis, hypothesizing that level of professionalism and the racial context (whiteness) of career pattern would be directly related. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Black Students, Brain Drain, College Desegregation, Doctoral Degrees
Hertling, James – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
In 18 years, over 260,000 Chinese students have left China to study abroad, and only about one-third have returned. Their flight is compounding the devastation of China's knowledge and talent pool that began with Mao Ze-dong. China is encouraging study abroad, to rectify the loss of a generation of academics, and is most interested in science and…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Engineering Education
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
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Gozalez, Andrew – Higher Education, 1992
Solutions to two problems in Philippine higher education and employment are proposed: for disciplines with too many graduates, overseas employment is recommended; for those with too few graduates, an incentive system tied to mandatory service is suggested. Problems and advantages of government regulation of labor supply and demand are discussed.…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Employment Patterns, Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries
Johnson, Jean M.; Regets, Mark C. – SRS Issue Brief, 1998
This Issue Brief reports on the international mobility of scientists and engineers to the United States and discusses student flows into the higher education system, the stay rates of foreign doctoral recipients, and their short and long term employment in United States industry, universities, and government. Information presented in the tables…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Engineers
Eren, Nuri – Saturday Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Career Opportunities, Demography, Economic Factors
Ritterband, Paul – 1968
Why students come to and remain in the US may be explained by a variety of factors related to conditions in their home country versus conditions in the US. The strength of these operative factors was determined by the application of reason analysis to three groups: Israeli students and alumni population in the US, Israelis who have studied in the…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Students, Cultural Influences, Demography
Kristensen, Thorkil – 1968
This paper consists of two major sections, an address on development planning in developing nations and a discussion of the issues raised in the address by the speaker and individuals from several developing nations. The address was given by Dr. Thorkil Kristensen, Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Capital, Developing Nations, Economic Climate
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Morris, Eddie W. – Journal of Negro Education, 1972
Reports the results of a survey conducted among 120 black colleges regarding their loss of capable, qualified professors to white colleges, or governmental service, or business and industry. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Teachers, Brain Drain, Career Change
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