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This book explores the multiple pathways from scholarships for international study to positive social change. Bringing together studies from academic researchers, evaluators and program designers and policymakers from Africa, Asia, Latin and North America, Europe, and Australia, the book compiles the latest research and analysis on the policy, practice, and outcomes of international scholarship programs. Contributions examine the broad trends in sponsored overseas study, program design considerations, the dynamics of the immediate post-scholarship period and the impact of scholarships on international education and development. Particular attention is focused on assessment and evaluation, the complexities of selecting awardees, the dynamics of returning home and concerns about brain drain and the state of knowledge and research on long-term outcomes of international scholarships with social change aims.nt
List 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 schemethat 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.
About the author
Joan R. Dassin is Professor of International Education and Development and Director of the MA Program in Sustainable International Development at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, USA.
Robin R. Marsh is Senior Researcher at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Matt Mawer is Senior Research Officer at The Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK.
Summary
This book explores the multiple pathways from scholarships for international study to positive social change. Bringing together studies from academic researchers, evaluators and program designers and policymakers from Africa, Asia, Latin and North America, Europe, and Australia, the book compiles the latest research and analysis on the policy, practice, and outcomes of international scholarship programs. Contributions examine the broad trends in sponsored overseas study, program design considerations, the dynamics of the immediate post-scholarship period and the impact of scholarships on international education and development. Particular attention is focused on assessment and evaluation, the complexities of selecting awardees, the dynamics of returning home and concerns about brain drain and the state of knowledge and research on long-term outcomes of international scholarships with social change aims.nt>
