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An Empirical Analysis of Foreign Student Brain Drain to the United States.
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Huang, Wei-Chiao – Economics of Education Review, 1988
Using pooled data for 25 countries for 1962-1976, this paper analyzes foreign students' decisions to return home or remain in the U.S. after completing their training there. Develops a model to explain why the pattern of foreign students' nonreturn varied so greatly across countries of origin and over time. Includes 4 table, 31 notes, and 23…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Models
Alternating Motion Rate as an Index of Speech Motor Disorder in Traumatic Brain Injury
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Wang, Yu-Tsai; Kent, Ray D.; Duffy, Joseph R.; Thomas, Jack E.; Weismer, Gary – Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 2004
The task of syllable alternating motion rate (AMR) (also called diadochokinesis) is suitable for examining speech disorders of varying degrees of severity and in individuals with varying levels of linguistic and cognitive ability. However, very limited information on this task has been published for subjects with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Phonetics, Syllables, Speech Impairments
Rural-Urban Migration Patterns Shift.
McGranahan, David A.; Kassel, Kathleen – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1995
Migration data from the Current Population Survey indicate a small population gain for rural areas during the period from 1990 to 1994. Examination of data by age, education, and poverty level suggests a reversal of the "brain drain" trend of the 1980s, as more working-age people with children and college graduates move into rural areas,…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Graduates, Demography, Educational Attainment