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Oleksiyenko, Anatoly; Shchepetylnykova, Ielyzaveta; Furiv, Uliana – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Previous research has conceptualized and investigated internationalization of higher education in relatively stable and peaceful environments. Studies on internationalization in the context of war are largely absent. Using interviews and survey responses from Ukrainian professors and administrators affected by the Russian invasion of 2014-2022,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Universities
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Alemu, Sintayehu Kassaye; Qu, Mei; Sakhiyya, Zulfa – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2022
From the perspective of peripheralised countries, internationalisation is imbalanced and hegemonic, as it is predominantly constructed by universities in the Global North. We explore the imbalanced internationalisation from the cases of sub-Saharan Africa through the dominance of Western knowledge systems and brain drain; China through isolation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Commercialization
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Lanko, Dmitry – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2022
The emigration of skilled and able workers from Russia markedly increased in the last five years, prompting Russian scholars to reassess the phenomenon of brain drain, its definition, scope, consequences and causes. This article finds that the perceived connection between increasing 'brain drain' from Russia and the internationalization of higher…
Descriptors: Immigration, Brain Drain, College Faculty, International Education
Lieberman, Devorah; Capaldi, Shannon – Metropolitan Universities, 2019
Volumes of research studies, surveys, and census data document the "brain drain," the phenomenon of highly educated and highly skilled workers migrating from their hometown to an urban or metropolitan area that promises a better life. Early indications of brain drain begin with high school graduates determining where to attend college.…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Educational Change, Higher Education, Education Work Relationship
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Yonezawa, Akiyoshi – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2020
The Japanese higher education system has struggled with a demographic decline of the university-age population since the 1990s. The expected shrinkage of the overall consumer market due to ageing also significantly pressures Japanese enterprises to expand business in the global market outside Japan. Under these conditions, Japanese universities,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Occupational Mobility, Foreign Countries, Universities
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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
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Al Azmeh, Zeina; Dillabough, Joanne; Fimyar, Olena; McLaughlin, Colleen; Abdullateef, Shaher; Aloklah, Wissam Aldien; Mamo, Adnan Rashid; Abdulhafiz, Abdul Hafiz; Al Abdullah, Samir; Al Husien, Yasser; Al Mohamad Al Ibrahim, Ammar; Al Ibrahim, Ziad; Barmu, Taiseer; Farzat, Abdulnasser; Kadan, Bakry – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2021
This paper examines the relationship between the politics of Higher Education access pertaining to longstanding practices of patrimonial authoritarian politics and the narration of collective trauma. Building on an empirical study of Syrian HE during war, we suggest that a "narrative disjuncture" within HEIs has a damaging impact not…
Descriptors: Trauma, Access to Education, Higher Education, Politics of Education
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Cerna, Lucie; Chou, Meng-Hsuan – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2023
Taking the migration-higher education nexus as an analytical entry point, we address the question: How can we account for different internationalisation outcomes? We focus on three actors involved in the global race to internationalise higher education activities: higher education institutions (HEIs), states, and migrants. We argue that the…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Strategic Planning
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Lundy, Brandon D. – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2018
This article evaluates the potential for rebuilding tertiary education in Guinea-Bissau focusing on the reconstitution of the Universidade Amílcar Cabral, the operations of Universidade Lusófona da Guiné, and the development of the Bissau Campus Project through the West African Vocational Schools (WAVS) project. The article considers available…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education, Educational Development
MDRC, 2021
What works to help rural students succeed in higher education? In fall 2020, MDRC partnered with Rural Matters and Ascendium Education Group to produce a four-part podcast series called "Rural Higher Education: Challenges & Opportunities." The series gathered experts from across the country to examine the realities of rural life and…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Higher Education, Barriers, Educational Opportunities
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Malysheva, M. M. – Russian Education and Society, 2013
The aging of the professoriate in Russia is a barrier to creating closer links between scientific research and teaching; it is making it difficult for Russian universities to improve their world ranking and putting at risk the future of the profession and the development of Russian society. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Scientific Research
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Laptev, V. V.; Pisareva, S. A.; Triapitsyna, A. P. – Russian Education & Society, 2014
With the move toward mass higher education in Russia, academic degrees have lost much of their prestige. It is now necessary to look more closely at the reasons for this devaluation, to explore ways to optimize the training of researchers in graduate school programs, and to integrate Russia's system of science training into the European system.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Degrees, Higher Education, Graduate Study
Johnson, Ane Turner; Hirt, Joan B. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
Higher education in developing nations is typically viewed from a dependency perspective--institutions are seen as merely recipients of Western knowledge, aid and reform efforts. Nevertheless, universities in both the centre and the periphery are dealing with tensions between protecting the public good and embracing neoliberal values based on a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, Educational Innovation
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Bista, Krishna, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Today, millions of students cross geographic, cultural, and educational borders for their higher education. Trends of international student mobility are significant to universities, educators, business leaders, and governments to increase revenue and campus diversity in the global marketplace. As such, it is vital to examine recent trends in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Mobility, Foreign Countries, Trend Analysis
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Odhiambo, George O. – Quality in Higher Education, 2011
This article examines the unique challenges facing Kenya's public higher education institutions. It explores the struggle to develop quality and quality assurance mechanisms against a background of rapidly diminishing income, brain drain, political interference and the negative aspects of globalisation. The challenges have consequently led to a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain
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