International Scholarships in Higher Education

Part I. The Landscape

1. Introduction: Pathways for Social Change?
Joan R. Dassin, Robin R. Marsh, Matt Mawer

2. Recent Trends in International Scholarships
Anna Kent

3. Relationships Between Scholarship Program and Institutional Capacity Development Initiatives
Ad Boeren

4. Case Study: Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program (Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras, Brazil)

Yolande Zahler, Frederico Menino

Part II. Investing in Individuals

5. Selecting Social Change Leaders
Everlyn Anyal Musa-Oito

6. The Benefits and Challenges of International Education: Maximizing Learning for Social Change
Aryn Baxter

7. Case Study: Open Society Scholarship Programs
Zoe Brogden

8. Case Study: Balancing Change and Continuity—The Case of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
John Kirkland

Part III. The Dynamics of Return

9. Influencing Pathways to Social Change: Scholarship Program Conditionality and Individual Agency
Anne C. Campbell

10. What’s Next? Facilitating Post-study Transitions
Martha Loerke

11. Global Migration of Talent: Drain, Gain, and Transnational Impacts
Robin R. Marsh, Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

12. Case Study: The Chinese Government Scholarship Program—the Brain Development Scheme That Illuminates a Vision Across 30 Years
Qiang Zha, Dongfang Wang

Part IV. Understanding Outcomes

13. Magnitudes of Impact: A Three-Level Review of Evidence from Scholarship Evaluation
Matt Mawer

14. Tracing the Spark that Lights a Flame: A Review of Methodologies to Measure the Outcomes of International Scholarships
Mirka Martel

15. International Scholarships and Social Change: Elements for a New Approach
Joan R. Dassin, David Navarrete

16. Case Study: Education in Support of Social Transformation—The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
Barry Burciul, Kim Kerr

Part V. Looking to the Future

17. International Scholarships in the Ecosystem of Higher Education in Africa
Amini Kajunju

18. Higher Education International Scholarships and Social Change in India
Vivek Mansukhani

19. Conclusion: Pathways Revisited
Joan R. Dassin, Robin R. Marsh, Matt Mawer

Keywords: Education, Higher Education, International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education