Social Determinants of International Students’ Mobility: PhD Students from Turkey
Social Determinants of International Students’ Mobility: PhD Students from Turkey

Author(s): Setenay Dilek Fidler
Subject(s): Education, Higher Education , Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; UK; migrations; education; students mobility; PhD students; social determinants
Summary/Abstract: Today, government policies of developing and also of the most developed countries, as well as, universities encourage domestic students to study abroad (Waters and Brooks, 2011). Behind the arguments to support the involvement of governments and international organisations in international mobility of students is the assumption that studying abroad is beneficial at an individual, national and international level. It seems an inevitable aspect of 21st century education (IIE, 2014). This assumption is also based on the premise that studying abroad will end with the return of students. However, evidence suggests (e.g. Dreher and Pautvaara, 2005; Teichler, 2007; Rosenzweig, 2008; Robertson, 2011) that studying abroad does not always result in the return of students to their home country, findings from a large number studies (Bhagwati, 2003; Gungor and Tansel, 2005; Hercog and van de Laar, 2013; Stephen et al., 2013) suggest that doctorate students are less likely to return home compared to bachelor and master students.

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