Looking beyond the Obvious
Power, Epistemic Culture and Student Migration in the Knowledge-Based Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12928808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yasmin Y Ortiga (0000-0003-1740-0521, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 263-273 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Power and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-7438 • E-ISSN: 1757-7438 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2304/power.2011.3.3.263 |
| OpenAlex | W1981548314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
The emergence of the knowledge-based economy revived the brain drain debate of the 1970s, calling for the recruitment of scientists and researchers in the interest of national development. International students find themselves in the middle of this debate, as developing countries struggle to address the growing number of those choosing not to return home after graduation. While most researchers explain student migration in terms of economic opportunity and incentives, this article argues that this approach ignores the epistemic culture of graduate training and the differential power of academic institutions in developed and developing nations. Based on a sample of Filipino PhD students in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) fields, this article shows how international students internalize research practices and values that encourage them to remain in the USA. I also discuss how these values contradict the research culture within developing countries, making it difficult for students to imagine continuing their work if they returned home. Consequently, this article challenges how the brain drain narrative describes knowledge as an intellectual product, easily transferred across national borders. Rather, the article emphasizes the need to recognize knowledge as a process of production, where shared norms define how new scholars are expected to contribute to their fields
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Graduation (instrument · Incentive · Narrative · Political science · Power (physics · Product (mathematics · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Governance and Development · Migration and Labor Dynamics
Give Us Your Best and Brightest
The Mismanagement of Talent
Research on Globalization and Education
Academic Mobility and Immigration
“There are always two voices…”
Brain drain, brain gain and brain circulation
Recruiting international students as skilled migrants
Why university students choose an international education
Beyond the headlines
Educationally Channeled International Labor Mobility
Of Skilled Migration, Brain Drains and Policy Responses
Incentives for International Migration of Scientists and Engineers to Japan
Gender, immigration policies and accreditation
Bridges to learning
Turning the Tide? Why Development Will Not Stop Migration
Temporary Immigrants in a High-Skilled Labour Market
Epistemic Cultures
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |