Looking to the Future: The Bulgarian Higher Education System as a Deterrent to Brain Drain
Looking to the Future: The Bulgarian Higher Education System as a Deterrent to Brain Drain

Author(s): Atanas Dimitrov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Higher Education , Migration Studies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Brain Drain; Higher Education; Emigration; Ethics Integrity
Summary/Abstract: The education sector, as many other areas of the public life in Bulgaria, has also been worsened over the course of the 21st century. This is especially visible at the tertiary education level, where poor government decisions, declining number of students and а severe national and international competition resulted in adopting controversial practices among higher education institutions. All this makes foreign universities look all the more attractive to many youth, which contributes to the brain drain from the country. Therefore, the present paper examines existing lacunas and flaws at the tertiary education level by analyzing publicly available documents and data. It then suggests measures aimed at deterring prospective students from studying abroad and respectively from emigrating, while trying to attract Bulgarian emigrants and students abroad to return to Bulgaria to study and consequently work and live in the country.

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