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Reports on the efforts of Europeans to keep their top scientists in the country in 2004. Information on the study "The Brain Drain-Emigration Flows for Qualified Scientists," released by the European Union in November 2003; Plan of the European Commission regarding support for basic research on the basis of quality; Development of the European Network for Mobility Centers in June 2004. INSET: The Celtic Tiger Grows Claws.

The article discusses the efforts of government officials in Mesa, Arizona, including mayor Scott Smith, economic-development director William J. Jabjiniak, and marketing manager Jaye O'Donnell, to attract higher education institutions to the town. According to the article, the efforts are focused on providing Maricopa County students with options for attending smaller colleges, such as religious or private institutions, to minimize the impact of brain drain on the area. Potential collaborative relationships between colleges and the public school system and commercial businesses of Mesa are discussed and plans for the establishment of a Mesa branch campus of Benedictine University, based in Chicago, Illinois, are highlighted.

A crackdown on scholars with ties to China has triggered a reverse brain drain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that ethnic quotas and a Byzantine bureaucracy is hampering Malaysia's attempt to become a scientific powerhouse. Today Malays are practically guaranteed admission into public universities, and they receive nearly all of the scholarships despite performing lower academically than other ethnic groups. Unable to gain admission into the few quality universities in the country, each year tens of thousands of young Chinese and Indian Malaysians leave to attend institutions abroad. Yet Malaysia, like neighboring Singapore, is banking on becoming a biotechnology hub. Like Singapore, it has launched a major campaign to lure top-notch scientists to its shores. However, due to its policies, Malaysia has lost far more people to brain drain than it has been able to hire from abroad.

The article discusses enrollment problems facing the University of Illinois system in relation to residents enrolling at out-of-state universities and colleges. Topics include the impact of a state budget crisis on the funding of state universities and colleges, the recruitment of Illinois residents by nearby schools such as the University of Iowa, and the economic impact of the loss of college students to other states. Actions by Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner are noted.

The article discusses how measures taken by the Canadian government reversed the emigration of scientists to other countries through the Canada Foundation for Innovation independent agency. The country increased investment in higher education and research in order to stop the brain drain. President Robert M. Berdahl of the Association of American Universities comments on the success of Canada's efforts. A plan the government developed to fund research professorships is described. One such grant went to biologist Bridget Stutchbury of York University, who says that she would have taken a job in the U.S. without the funding.

The article discusses the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, an educational institute designed to promote the development of African mathematicians and scientists to solve national problems and prevent national brain drain. The institute, located in Cape Town, South Africa, offers training programs for university graduates to prepare them for degree programs. The institute is intended to be part of a network of mathematical institutes across Africa. Philanthropic foundations such as the Carnegie Corporation have made donations to African higher education, shifting the focus away from elementary and secondary education.

Reveals the causes of the decline of scholarly activities in many African universities. Shortage of equipment and material to support scholarship; Spending on research and development as a percentage of the gross domestic product; Brain drain; Government harassment of social scientists; Efforts to get published in international journals.

Reports on efforts in several states to help prevent high school seniors from deciding to attend college out of state. How little is known about why this trend is increasing; Use of financial incentives; Number of high school graduates New Jersey loses to out of state colleges on an annual basis; The economic costs of attending out-of-state colleges.

Discusses why Chinese students studying abroad do not decide to return home. Number that have returned compared to those who have not; The catch-22 of the brain drain; Concerns about the shortage of people in the fields of science and engineering; How the students paid for their education abroad; The confusion for Chinese students; The placement of blame for the brain drain on Western countries.

The article reports that academic and political leaders in Mexico have almost conceded that they cannot stop the university system's persistent brain drain in Mexico. Officials acknowledge that efforts to repatriate Mexican academics who are abroad are financially impractical. They have set their sights on reversing a domestic brain drain in science and technology, whereby many teachers and researchers left academe in the 1980's but remained in the country.

The article reports on the redefinition of brain drain in Venezuela, according Ramon Pinango, academic director at the Institute for Advanced Administrative Studies. Paul B. Pedersen, a professor of counselor education at Syracuse University in New York has done a research on the issue and claimed that the fear of a brain drain is one of the strongest arguments made against sending students overseas for higher education.

The article reports that the Chinese officials have decided to place a new limits on students' going to other countries, particularly the U.S. The officials have the plan to send more students to Europe and fewer to other countries. The officials also intend to enforce new rules on long Chinese college students may stay abroad to obtain graduate degrees.

This article reports that state governments are offering scholarships to keep their talented high school graduates in the state for higher education and employment. West Virginia University's scholarship package to high school valedictorian Matthew Mullin includes tuition, room and board, and traveling expenses. These efforts have been spurred by mass media reports of a brain drain.

The article reports that some of the top faculty members at British Columbia's universities are leaving the province for jobs in Ontario or the U.S. Factors attracting teachers to those places include higher salaries and a more responsive government. Turnover at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and Victoria University is reported to be increasing. University officials acknowledge some form of brain drain but they disagree over the seriousness of the problem.

The article focuses on the increasing concern of administrators and department chairmen at Israel's universities over brain drain of Israeli scientists and scholars to the U.S. According to a report published by the Ministry of Science and Development, about a fifth of the approximated 150,000 Israelis who then lived in the U.S. possessed academic degrees.

The article reports that the European Research Coordination Agency military research proposal made by France is expected to be endorsed by heads of state in the European Economic Community countries as an alternative to the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). The move is designed to prevent a brain drain of European research scientists and engineers to SDI ballistic missile defense laboratories.

The article discusses an Australian study of 1982 graduates which found that almost 30% of scholars with doctoral degrees and about 15% of those with master's degrees went overseas for work because there were no jobs available in Australia. The study prepared for the Council of Australian Post-Graduate Associations also found that the number of Doctor of Philosophy recipients leaving the country rose by some 13% from 1976 to 1982. The rate of emigration has been steadily increasing.

The article reports on the National Autonomous University in Mexico's advertisement in the newspaper "Excelsior," complaining that low-ranking government bureaucrats without college degrees earned more than junior faculty members at the institution. The advertisement warns that the university is facing a brain drain of talented faculty members because of low pay and poor working conditions.

The article reports on the efforts of the Taiwanese government to lessen the number of students and scholars who go to other countries to study or look for employment. The trend is affecting the scientific and technological resources of the country. Four hundred expatriate Taiwanese academics and scientists in the U.S. are planning to return to their own country. The government has launched several initiatives to solve the talent drain problem.

The article reports that a study by Rosemary Stevens and Joan Vermeulen of the Yale University medical school found that the American medical sector has been relying on foreign medical graduates to fill its hospital staff vacancies. The consequences of reliance on foreign doctors include brain drain on developing countries where the foreign doctors come from and the persistence of the notion that foreign graduates are inferior to American physicians.

The article discusses results of a survey conducted in 2009 by the International Association of Universities, based in Paris, France. It shows changes from the last study, in 2005, in internationalization of higher education. Priorities of universities, it shows, include improving student preparedness, internationalizing curricula, and enhancing their institution's profile and reputation. Most institutions cited insufficient financial resources as the biggest impediment to internationalization. Risks of internationalization identified by participants did not change, and include commercialization of higher education, the brain drain, in which educated people leave a country in disproportionate numbers, thus draining a valuable resource, and the dangers of foreign degree mills.

The article presents corrections to an article regarding retirement pensions for college chief executive officers (CEOs) in the November 21, 2008 issue and an article on brain drain in China in the December 19, 2008 issue.

The article discusses a report on brain drain in Israel as scholars emigrate to the U.S. A study by public policy professor Dan Ben-David indicated a lack of research and teaching opportunities have motivated Israeli scholars to travel to the U.S. He comments that the number of Israeli scholars working in the U.S. represents nearly a quarter of those serving at Israeli universities, with a majority of them specializing in computer science. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reports that British scholars make up the largest group of foreign scholars serving at U.S. colleges.

The article discusses a potential strike that undergraduate students in Israel may carry out if the government increases tuition and authorizes other educational reforms. The tuition would double the budget of Israel's National Science Foundation and provide scholarships in the humanities. The measures are an effort to end the "brain drain" that Israel is experiencing. Former finance minister Avraham Shochat says that the increase will provide education to more Israelis and reduce class size. Details of the tuition increase are provided.

The article discusses the findings of a report called "Talent Wars: The International Market for Academic Staff," which found that academics are not leaving Great Britain as had been believed. In fact, academics from other European countries are coming to Great Britain to teach but these professors are often younger than their native counterparts. The study was done by Universities UK (United Kingdom) and director Tony Bruce said that the number of academics who leave Great Britain is small and does not constitute a "brain drain." It is noted that the salaries offered to teachers are improving, though it is unclear what role money plays in the decision to emigrate.

The article looks at how bestselling author Richard Florida is moving to Canada, where he will teach business economics and direct the Center for Jurisdictional Advantage and Prosperity at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. According to the article, Florida coined the term "creative class." Previously, Florida was a public policy professor at George Mason University. He also taught at Carnegie Mellon University and founded the think tank, Creative Class Group. In an article published in "Harvard Business Review," Florida stated that religious intolerance and security issues in the U.S. could lead to a brain drain.

The article reports that the Italian government has suspended a five-year-old program to reverse brain drain through short-term academic hirings, choosing instead to pay for permanent positions. The state-financed "Brain Re-entry" program brings foreign and Italian-born scholars based in other countries to Italian universities on contracts of up to three years. More than 460 researchers and professors have participated with physics and computer science the most represented fields. Augusto Palombini, secretary of the Association of Italian Doctors and Doctoral Candidates and editor of the book Brains on the Run, lamented the suspension of the program, which he said had served to "widen the horizons" of Italian academics by exposing them to colleagues with experience abroad. A statement from the education ministry noted that the most recent government budget provides $3.8-million to finance the permanent hiring of at least 300 former participants in the "Brain Re-entry" program. Foreign and Italian-born scholars abroad will be eligible to compete for more than $10.2-million in three-year contracts recently approved by the parliament.

Offers news briefs related to higher education for the week ended September 8, 2000. Initiative called for by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end a scientific brain drain; Rank of New Zealand as possibly the most literate nation in the world; Political complications that forced the cancellation of a conference 'Women, Sexuality and Social Change in the Middle East and Mediterranean.'

Presents news briefs related to higher education for the week ended August 18, 2000. Protest against Syrian influence in Lebanon by Saint Joseph's University in Beirut; Postdoctoral fellowship offered by South Africa's University of Witwatersrand in order to prevent brain drain in the country; Plan by Russia's largest bank to offer student loans; Others.

Presents a roundup of higher education news from around the world as of April 2000. Includes brain drain in China; Banning of the `Calgary Herald' by Canada-based Carleton University's journalism school; Possible use of academic exchanges by the two Koreas to test the waters of reunification.

Presents news items on higher education in North America as of October 22, 1999. Plans of the government of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to spend more money on university research to help counter the country's brain drain; Plan of a committee to examine whether United States laws and visa regulations are hurting efforts to attract students from abroad.

Reports the accusation of China against United States and Canada for their student immigration policy which is promoting brain drain in China. Figures on brain drain; Concern of China on the issue.

Reports on the efforts of Mexican educators to prevent brain drain in the country. Increase in Mexican students attending universities in Canada and the United States; Effect of political and economic changes in the educational system of Mexico; Employer's qualification requirements of graduates to employment; Mexican conglomerates recruitment of bilingual graduates.

The article reports that Hungarian Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth has promised academics and research scientists a 16 percent pay increase above the rate of inflation. This plan is intended to help curb brain drain in the country. Several scholars have been leaving the country because of dissatisfaction over pay and working conditions.

The article reports that nursing colleges in the Philippines are suffering from brain drain due to teachers leaving for the United States. Nursing administrators in the country is hampering the preparation of Filipino nurses, many of them also seek jobs abroad. A dramatic increase in the demand for nurses in the US is largely responsible for the problem.

The article reports on the concerns about brain drain in Australia. Peter Doherty, a researcher at the Australian National University in Canberra, together with five researchers and laboratory technicians will relocate to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. They will join a multi-million dollar project on pediatric AIDS.