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Morgan, W. John, Ed.; Wu, Bin, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
A major transformation of Chinese higher education (HE) has taken place over the past decade--China has reshaped its higher education sector from elite to mass education with the number of graduates having quadrupled to three million a year over six years. China is exceptional among lower income countries in using tertiary education as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education, Access to Education
Thomas, Michael K. – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2003
Despite increased competition from other states, New England remains a very popular education destination for both undergraduate and graduate students. As with commerce, New England has a "balance of trade," with students flowing in and out of the region. As a region, New England enjoys a notable "positive" net migration of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Freshmen, Migration Patterns, Higher Education
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007
This report evaluates the contribution of public higher education to raise educational attainment and the challenge of aligning postsecondary education with evolving educational needs of the state's diverse population. Report conclusions include: (1) The educational attainment of California's population is growing more slowly than the national…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accountability, Guidelines, Educational Needs
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

Lee, Kiong Hock; Tan, Jee Peng – Higher Education, 1984
The flow of developing country students to developed countries is examined from the perspective of the sending authorities in developing countries and the loss of foreign exchange to developing nations. The implications for expansion of higher education in developing nations are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development

Brown, Kenneth H.; Heaney, Michael T. – Research in Higher Education, 1997
Examines a new approach to university economic impact research that views institutional expenditures as a means to increase the state's skill base, and finds that while the approach yields favorable results for higher education it fails to consider fully the effects of migration. Advises researchers to avoid this approach and use the traditional,…
Descriptors: College Role, Comparative Analysis, Economic Development, Economic Impact

Tukey, David D. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1991
Three models for calculating college student retention rates and predicting enrollments are examined: (1) the Cohort Ratio Model; (2) the Longitudinal Persistence Model; and (3) the Markov Process Model. The last is seen as more encompassing, with wider applicability range, and useful in tracking student change in major and movement in and out of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Comparative Analysis

Sanchez-Arnau, J. C.; Calvo, Elba Hermida – Higher Education in Europe, 1987
Patterns and reasons for migration of highly educated manpower, primarily from developing to developed nations, are examined; and efforts to encourage return to home countries are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment
Brown, Lester R.; Jacobson, Jodi L. – 1987
Aside from the growth of world population itself, urbanization is the dominant demographic trend of the late twentieth century. The number of people living in cities increased from six hundred million in 1950 to over two billion in 1986. If this growth continues unabated, more than half of humanity will reside in urban areas shortly after the turn…
Descriptors: Demography, Depleted Resources, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors