Mobile Student to Mobile Worker: The Role of Universities in the "War for Talent"

Autor/inn/en	Li, Zhen; Lowe, John
Titel	Mobile Student to Mobile Worker: The Role of Universities in the "War for Talent"
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37 (2016) 1, S.11-29 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2015.1095636
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; Colleges; College Students; Models; College Role; Talent; Higher Education; Foreign Students; Student Mobility; Global Approach; Student Recruitment; Education Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Job Skills; Skilled Occupations; Competition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Collegestudent; Analogiemodell; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Globales Denken; Ausland; Produktive Fertigkeit; Fachangestellter; Wettkampf
Abstract	Universities, as part of the neoliberal regime imposed on them, are being co-opted into a "war for talent", in which national economic success is heavily invested. We examine part of this "war" that affects universities directly--the recruitment of "the brightest and the best" internationally mobile students and their subsequent retention by the host country as high-skill workers. After an account of this war for talent and its implications for higher education, we review the literature on study-migration transitions by international students and identify gaps in both data and theorization. We propose a three-part model that uses the notion of "flows" to organize a research agenda in this field and the possible roles of universities in implementing it. We conclude that only by resisting full recruitment into this global talent war can academic researchers continue to maintain the integrity and value of their professional and disciplinary calling. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01