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James Kaemmerer; Matt Foulkes – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2024
This study examined the post-graduation employment location preferences of international students preparing to participate in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program in the United States. An exploratory survey asked international students in their final semesters at three midwestern public universities to indicate their employment location…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Graduates, Relocation, Career Planning
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Zhan, Meng – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This article models the migration flow of EEA students who graduated from masters and doctoral programmes in UK universities. The increased intra-European mobility of students and graduates is claimed to have crucial positive influence on building Europe's high-skill labour force, which in turn would strengthen its competency in the global…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Mobility, Migration, College Graduates
Bloomfield, Amber; Rose, Bess A.; Preston, Alison M.; Henneberger, Angela K. – Association for Institutional Research, 2020
Brain drain--the movement of high school and college graduates out of state for employment--is a concern for state policymakers. This study focuses on brain drain of students who graduate from high school in Maryland. Using data from the Maryland Longitudinal Data System and applying propensity score matching to control for differences between the…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, Migration Patterns, Relocation, Student Mobility
MDC, 2018
In every state in the South, the percentage of residents with bachelor's degrees or higher who were born outside the state exceed the percentage born in-state, reflecting their dependence on imported talent over building their own talent-development systems. In Virginia, the Southern state with the highest percentage of residents with a B.A. or…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Demography, Academic Achievement, Income
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Mok, Ka Ho; Han, Xiao – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
In the past few decades, the internationalisation of higher education has become an increasingly popular trend across different parts of the globe. The fierce global competition and the aggravating unemployment rate, coupled with low teaching and research quality revealed by universities in mainland China, have inevitably compelled a growing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Brain Drain, Study Abroad, Higher Education
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Odhiambo, George – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
The flight of human capital is a phenomenon that has been of concern to academics and development practitioners for decades but unfortunately, there is no systematic record of the number of skilled professionals that many African countries have continued to lose to the developed world. Termed the "brain drain", it represents the loss of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Brain Drain
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Mok, Ka Ho; Wen, Zhuoyi; Dale, Roger – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
In the last two decades, we have witnessed a rapid expansion of higher education in Mainland China and Taiwan, recording a significant increase in higher education enrolments in these two Chinese societies. The massification of higher education in China and Taiwan has inevitably resulted in an oversupply of university graduates, with growing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, College Students, College Graduates
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Andersson, Per; Fejes, Andreas – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
This article focuses on the tensions between mobility, knowledge and recognition, and what the impact of migration could be on lifelong education and society. This is discussed with the case of Sweden as the starting point. The main issue in Sweden concerning migration is the admission of refugees. Sweden has had a relatively open policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migration, Lifelong Learning, Refugees
Karmel, Tom; Misko, Josie; Blomberg, Davinia; Bednarz, Alice; Atkinson, Georgina – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2014
In recent years, the level of participation and attainment by Indigenous Australians in education and training has improved, yet substantial gaps still exist between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians. Education has to be a key focus if the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous employment rates is to be closed. This report…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Job Training, Indigenous Populations
Snyder, Anastasia; McLaughlin, Diane; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha – Carsey Institute, 2009
This report focuses on the education and work experiences of rural youth during the emerging adult years (age 20 to 24), as they make the transition from adolescence to adulthood. It documents how rural emerging adults combine work and school and experience idleness, closely examines their educational attainment, and compares their experiences…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Young Adults, Adult Development, Federal Aid