Promoting Human Capital Development: A Typology of International Scholarship Programs in Higher Education

From Section:

Theories & Approaches

Authors:

Perna Laura W., Orosz Kata, Gopaul Bryan, Jumakulov Zakir, Ashirbekov Adil, Kishkentayeva Marina

Published:

Mar. 01, 2014

Source: Educational Researcher, 43(2), March 2014, p. 63-73.

This article clarifies the availability and characteristics of international scholarship programs that are sponsored by national and federal governments worldwide and that are intended to promote student mobility.

Utilizing descriptive and cluster analyses, the article produces a framework for organizing the population of these programs.
The analyses take into account both the central characteristics of programs and economic and political characteristics of the nations sponsoring the program.

Updated: Nov. 18, 2020

Keywords:

Education policies | Higher education | Scholarship | Student mobility

Link to Item: http://education.eng.macam.ac.il/article/3474