Tracer study of African alumni of international universities: career choices, return and social contributions

Date: Thursday, 9 June 2016 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Room 709a, UCL Institute of Education
Speaker(s):
  • Robin Marsh, University of California, Berkeley

Overview

This seminar will present the background, methods and findings of the two-year multi-university study: ?Career and life trajectories of African alumni of international universities?, led by the University of California, Berkeley.

The study is in part motivated by the intention to derive findings that will improve the future programming of the ongoing MasterCard Foundation Scholars Programme that provides comprehensive scholarships to high-achieving Sub-Saharan African youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to attend selected North American and African universities.

Using mixed survey and narrative methods, the study contributes to a better understanding of the context, conditions, and individual variables that shape the career and life decisions of African alumni, and how these decisions impact their contributions to the social and economic well-being of their region/country of origin over time and space.

Findings from the survey analysis and narrative interviews shed new light on this topic of ?brain drain? versus ?brain circulation?, with important implications for international scholarship design and capacity-building for African development more generally. The research question on ?value of an international education? addresses the comparative values of higher education experiences in North American versus African institutions in the context of personal growth and societal change.

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