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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author LEE, Jenny J.
Title Brain gain or brain circulation? : U.S. doctoral recipients returning to South Korea / Jenny J. Lee ; Dongbin Kim
Publication year 2010
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 59 (2010) 5, S. 627 - 643
Inventory number 27949
Keywords Ausland : Südkorea : Auslandsbeziehungen ; Ausland : Südkorea : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Ausland : USA : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Austausch von Wissenschaftlern und Studenten ; Mobilität
Abstract This study explored the reasons for current reverse mobility patterns in South Korea and how the country benefits from returning U.S. doctoral recipients in the forms of brain gain and brain circulation. Based on interviews of Korean faculty who studied in the U.S., this study found that while the political economy might help to explain why Korean students choose to study in the U.S., it does not fully capture their decisions to return. Family ties and cultural reasons transcended reasons related to economic mobility. The study also found that while both brain gain and brain circulation were present, brain adaptation was especially prevalent. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Lee, Jenny J., E-Mail: JennyLee@u.arizona.edu