Degree Mobility from the Nordic Countries
Full-degree mobility from Western countries is a topic that has been little researched. Existing literature tends to be normative; mobility is seen as an advantage per se. In this article it is questioned whether mobility is an advantage when investigating degree mobility and employability of studen...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1028315312463824 2024-10-20T14:08:33+00:00 Degree Mobility from the Nordic Countries Background and Employability Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1028315312463824 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1028315312463824 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1028315312463824 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Studies in International Education volume 17, issue 4, page 471-491 ISSN 1028-3153 1552-7808 journal-article 2012 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315312463824 2024-09-24T04:14:42Z Full-degree mobility from Western countries is a topic that has been little researched. Existing literature tends to be normative; mobility is seen as an advantage per se. In this article it is questioned whether mobility is an advantage when investigating degree mobility and employability of students from the Nordic countries. Results show that students who undertake a full degree abroad constitute a selected group regarding social origin and “mobility capital.” Overall, the employability of mobile and nonmobile students is fairly similar, and there is little evidence that degree mobility enhances employability. But the mobile degree students are more likely to hold international jobs in the domestic labor market; hence mobility has an impact on “horizontal” career opportunities. Degree mobility implies a risk of brain drain, and the authors find that a substantial proportion of students from Finland, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands stay abroad after graduation. Norwegian and Icelandic students are far more likely to return to their home country. It is suggested that this pattern is not only due to labor market opportunities but also due to the structure of public support schemes. Generous support systems encourage a larger number of students to go abroad, not only the most dedicated. Widened participation is seen to result in more students returning to their country of origin. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands SAGE Publications Faroe Islands Journal of Studies in International Education 17 4 471 491 |
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Full-degree mobility from Western countries is a topic that has been little researched. Existing literature tends to be normative; mobility is seen as an advantage per se. In this article it is questioned whether mobility is an advantage when investigating degree mobility and employability of students from the Nordic countries. Results show that students who undertake a full degree abroad constitute a selected group regarding social origin and “mobility capital.” Overall, the employability of mobile and nonmobile students is fairly similar, and there is little evidence that degree mobility enhances employability. But the mobile degree students are more likely to hold international jobs in the domestic labor market; hence mobility has an impact on “horizontal” career opportunities. Degree mobility implies a risk of brain drain, and the authors find that a substantial proportion of students from Finland, Denmark, and the Faroe Islands stay abroad after graduation. Norwegian and Icelandic students are far more likely to return to their home country. It is suggested that this pattern is not only due to labor market opportunities but also due to the structure of public support schemes. Generous support systems encourage a larger number of students to go abroad, not only the most dedicated. Widened participation is seen to result in more students returning to their country of origin. |
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