Brain training - brain draining : skilled migration, student mobility, and transnational higher education
The cross-border mobility of educational services, commonly known as transnational higher education (TNHE), represents an important dimension of the internationalisation of higher education. Its relationship with the mobility of students and graduates has raised interest among scholars from differen...
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| Format: | doctoral thesis |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repository: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/392604 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/392604 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Internationalisation of higher education Transnational higher education International student mobility Skilled migration International migration New trends in higher education Global competition for talent Australian higher education German higher education Internacionalització de l'educació superior Educació superior transnacional Mobilitat internacional d'estudiants Migració qualificada Migració internacional Noves tendències en l'educació superior Competència global pel talent Educació superior a Austràlia Educació superior a Alemanya 378 |
| Summary: | The cross-border mobility of educational services, commonly known as transnational higher education (TNHE), represents an important dimension of the internationalisation of higher education. Its relationship with the mobility of students and graduates has raised interest among scholars from different disciplines, but empirical evidence is rare. This thesis addresses this gap by providing three empirical studies on this issue. Overall, the results indicate that TNHE is not substituting student mobility and suggest that the provision of TNHE can constitute a strategy for developed countries to increase skilled migrants’ and students’ recruitment. The results equally imply that caution should be devoted to these kinds of issues by developing countries when opening their educational market to foreign providers. A range of other findings contribute to a deeper and nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of TNHE. The insights provided can benefit future research both on international migration and higher education. |
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