International Scholarship Graduates Influencing Social and Economic Development at Home: The Role of Alumni Networks in Georgia and Moldova

Autor/in	Campbell, Anne C.
Titel	International Scholarship Graduates Influencing Social and Economic Development at Home: The Role of Alumni Networks in Georgia and Moldova
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Comparative Education, 19 (2016) 1, S.76-91 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-1615
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Scholarship; College Graduates; Social Development; Economic Development; Comparative Analysis; Qualitative Research; Alumni; Networks; Activism; Semi Structured Interviews; Phenomenology; Moldova; Georgia Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Scholarships; Stipendium; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Soziale Entwicklung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Qualitative Forschung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Moldava; Moldau (Republik); Moldau; Moldawien; Moldawa; Moldowa
Abstract	Many students from low- and middle-income countries seek scholarship support to pursue higher education overseas. Often scholarship programs mandate that recipients "give back" to their home countries following their studies so scholars "apply" their experiences to aid their countries of origin. In this comparative qualitative study, 40 Georgian and Moldovan scholarship alumni who studied in the United States were asked how alumni networks assist their ability to influence social and economic change in their home countries. The comparative findings point to the value of alumni networks in terms of graduates backing each other's activism projects and feeling part of a community of like-minded individuals who seek change. Where these networks were not present, alumni desired a supportive association to assist in their attempts to influence reform. Findings suggest the development of alumni networks facilitate individual scholarship participants' efforts to "give back" to their countries of origin. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Teachers College, Columbia University. International and Transcultural Studies, P.O. Box 211, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. e-mail: info@cicejournal.org; Web site: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01