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Brain Circulation : = International Student Mobility, Expatriate Researchers, and International Research Collaboration.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Brain Circulation :/
Reminder of title:	International Student Mobility, Expatriate Researchers, and International Research Collaboration.
Author:	Sun, Liang.
Description:	1 online resource (159 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-07, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International79-07A.
Subject:	Higher education. -
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ISBN:	9780355331769

Brain Circulation : = International Student Mobility, Expatriate Researchers, and International Research Collaboration.
Sun, Liang.

Brain Circulation :International Student Mobility, Expatriate Researchers, and International Research Collaboration. - 1 online resource (159 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-07, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

International student mobility is traditionally considered to result in "brain drain" from developing countries and "brain gain" for developed countries. More recently, many developing countries have attracted an increasing number of returning scientists, which is described as "brain circulation." This relatively new concept, however, still downplays the role of individuals who do not return to their home countries and work in the host countries. Specifically, there is a lack of discussion on how expatriate researchers may contribute to their home countries through international research collaborations. Therefore, this dissertation focuses on bridging this apparent knowledge gap by integrating analyses of international student mobility, expatriate researchers and international research collaboration. First, I study the factors that influence the number of international students from origin countries to the United States. Second, descriptive analysis is conducted to illuminate the connection between foreign-born college graduates and foreign-born researchers in the United States. Finally, I examine the extent to which expatriate researchers contribute to their home countries through international research collaboration. The results reveal that student mobility to the United States has been mainly driven by the economy, the population for tertiary education, and the academic capacity of countries of origin. Further, there is a tight connection between the number of international students and expatriate researchers. Expatriate researchers are found to have a significant impact on the research collaboration between their home and host countries, implying an important form of brain circulation. However, not all countries can benefit from talent mobility. In particular, results suggest that countries with under-developed economy and education are unable to take advantage of their expatriate researchers. Moreover, this study reveals different degrees of "homophily" between origin countries and the United States in international student mobility and research collaboration. Particularly, brain circulation in the form of research collaboration is more likely to happen between the United States and countries with similar academic capacity and development status. Therefore, developing countries need to make intentional efforts to advance their education and research capacity before they can significantly benefit from international student mobility and research collaboration.

Electronic reproduction.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355331769Subjects--Topical Terms:

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