International scholarships in higher education : pathways to social change /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Dassin, Joan R. (Editor), Marsh, Robin R. (Editor), Mawer, Matt (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1: The landscape
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 'Pathways for social change?'
  • 1.2. Recent trends in international scholarships
  • 1.3. Relationships between Scholarship Program and Institutional Capacity Development Initiatives
  • CS1. Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program (Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras, Brazil)
  • Section 2: Investing in individuals
  • 2.1. Selecting Social Change Leaders
  • 2.2. The benefits and challenges of international education: Maximizing learning for social change
  • CS2. Open Society Scholarship Programs
  • CS3. Balancing Change and Continuity: The Case of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
  • Section 3: The dynamics of return
  • 3.1. Influencing pathways to social change: Scholarship program conditionality and individual agency
  • 3.2. What's Next? Facilitating Post-study Transitions
  • 3.3. Global Migration of Talent: Drain, Gain and Transnational Impacts
  • CS4. The Chinese Government Scholarship Program: the brain development scheme that illuminates a vision across 30 years
  • Section 4: Understanding outcomes
  • 4.1. Magnitudes of impact: a three-level review of evidence from scholarship evaluation
  • 4.2. Tracing the spark that lights a flame: A review of methodologies to measure the outcomes of international scholarships
  • 4.3. International Scholarships and Social Change: Elements for a New Approach
  • CS5. Education in Support of Social Transformation: The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program
  • Section 5: Looking to the future
  • 5.1. International Scholarships in the Ecosystem of Higher Education: An African View
  • 5.2. Higher Education International Scholarships and Social Change in India
  • 5.3. Conclusions: Pathways revisited.