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Mitra, Dana L.; Movit, Marcela; Frick, William – Educational Policy, 2008
City leaders increasingly have hoped that school reform can spark a renaissance in struggling communities. Using the lens of building civic capacity, this article examines efforts to revitalize "Milltown"--a small urban community that has been devastated by the loss of manufacturing jobs. Analysis of interview and written documents identifies…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Restructuring, Global Approach, Manufacturing
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Jalowiecki, Bohdan; Gorzelak, Grzegorz Jerzy – Higher Education in Europe, 2004
This paper presents some theoretical and methodological considerations associated with the geographical and professional mobility of science professionals, including the conduct by the authors of a large scale survey questionnaire in Poland in 1994. It does not directly relate to research conducted elsewhere in the region, but does reflect…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Questionnaires
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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
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Owoeye, J. S.; Oyebade, S. A. – African Higher Education Review, 2010
Research is regarded as essential for development and the application of new knowledge for the benefit of society. Higher education in Uganda has expanded rapidly in the last 20 years. Universities have become the most important institutions in the achievement of national and international goals in enhancing the quality of life, wealth creation,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Teacher Salaries
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2010
"National CrossTalk" is a publication of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The National Center promotes public policies that enhance opportunities for quality education and training beyond high school. The primary purpose of "National CrossTalk" is to stimulate informed discussion and debate of higher…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, State Colleges, Graduation Rate, Foundation Programs
Brome, Heather – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2007
Recent news articles and studies have generated concern among New England policy makers and others that the region's supply of young, highly educated professionals is disappearing. The fear is that comparatively high housing and other costs may be driving away many within this highly mobile group. This paper explores trends in the stocks and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Skilled Occupations, Labor Supply, Brain Drain
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
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Bernard, Thomas L. – Educational Forum, 1971
The reasons motivating highly educated professionals to leave their native countries for the United States are discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Factor Analysis, Immigrants, Motivation
Bernard, Thomas L. – School and Society, 1971
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Migrants, Mobility, Professional Personnel
Baldacchino, Godfrey – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2006
The "brain drain" phenomenon is typically seen as a zero-sum game, where one party's gain is presumed to be another's drain. This corresponds to deep-seated assumptions about what is "home" and what is "away". This article challenges the view, driven by much "brain drain" literature, that the dynamic is an…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Migration Patterns, Brain Drain, Global Approach
Barnighausen, Till; Bloom, David E. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
Without large increases in the number of health workers to treat HIV/AIDS (HAHW), most developing countries will be unable to achieve universal coverage with antiretroviral treatment (ART), leading to large numbers of potentially avoidable deaths among people living with HIV/AIDS. We use Markov Monte Carlo microsimulation to estimate the expected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarships, Developing Nations, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Evivie, Loretta Gbemudu – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The number of international students coming to the United States has increased from 48,486 in 1959-1960 to 623,805 in the 2007-2008 academic years (Open Doors, 2008). These students contributed $15.5 billion to the United States economy, making education the nation's fifth largest service export (Open Doors, 2008). The literature has focused on…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Economic Development, Research Universities, Racial Discrimination
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Lien, Donald – Economics of Education Review, 2006
Assume that there are two types of knowledge, global and local. This paper considers a university in a developing country that allocates finite education resources to the delivery of these two types of knowledge. We provide the optimal resource allocation that maximizes social welfare. We show that, by imposing a minimum resource allocation to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Brain Drain, Models, Developing Nations
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Popescu, Dan; Patrasca, Mihaela; Chivu, Iulia – Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, 2006
Recent economic and technological developments have led to a growing international demand for highly skilled human resources. The increased competition for human capital has determined numerous OECD countries to take special measures for attracting and retaining human capital in such fields as: information technology, biotechnology,…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Brain Drain
Michie, Allan A. – School and Society, 1971
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Talent Utilization
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