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Determinants of Japanese-Trained Chinese PhDs' Academic Career Attainments
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Shuoyang Meng; Wenqin Shen – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
The Chinese government has been actively recruiting foreign-trained Chinese scholars to return to China since the Chinese brain drain began. Japan is among the most popular destinations for Chinese scholars seeking to receive doctoral training. This study explores the factors contributing to the stratification of Japanese-trained Chinese PhDs'…
Descriptors: Asians, Foreign Students, Doctoral Programs, Study Abroad
Benefits and Challenges of the International Mobility of Researchers: The Chinese Experience
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Yang, Rui – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2020
Globalisation and the shift towards a knowledge economy have made researchers among the most sought-after resources. International research mobility has been encouraged at policy levels and has remarkably increased in the past decade. Meanwhile, concerns of policy makers about the possible loss of such human capital are also rapidly growing. This…
Descriptors: Researchers, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Global Approach
Policy Responses to Address Student "Brain Drain": An Assessment of Measures Intended to Reduce the Emigration of Singaporean International Students
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Ziguras, Christopher; Gribble, Cate – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2015
For several decades, Singapore has experienced a high rate of outbound degree mobility with around 1 in 10 higher education students currently studying outside the country according to UNESCO figures. Singapore's successful economic development strategy, which has seen it become a key Asian hub for knowledge-intensive industries for…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Student Mobility
What Predicts Whether Foreign Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Institutions Stay in the United States: Foreign Doctorate Recipients in Science and Engineering Fields from 2000 to 2010
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Roh, Jin-Young – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the trend of foreign doctorate recipients from U.S. higher education institutions who decided to stay in the United States after their degree completion, and it explores individual, institutional, and country factors predicting whether the foreign doctorate recipients stay in the United States or return home. Analyzing data…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Surveys
To Return or Not to Return: Examining the Return Intentions of Mainland Chinese Students Studying at Elite Universities in the United States
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Cheung, Alan Chi Keung; Xu, Li – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to examine the return intention of mainland Chinese students studying at prestigious universities in the Unites States. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative methods. Participants were 90 students from three top-tiered universities on the East Coast of the United States. The results of this study…
Descriptors: Asians, Selective Admission, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
Rethinking "Brain Drain" in the Era of Globalisation
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Rizvi, Fazal – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2005
This paper discusses a range of issues concerning the idea of "brain drain" within the context of recent thinking on transnational mobility. It argues that the traditional analyses of brain drain are not sufficient, and that we can usefully approach the topic from a postcolonial perspective concerned with issues of identity, national…
Descriptors: Universities, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Interviews