Brain drain in higher education: Critical voices on teacher education in Yemen
Brain drain is a context-based issue and has direct impact on the quality of higher education for institutions where a significant number of instructors migrate to take up work in other countries. This is a critical problem in Yemen where higher teacher education programmes still lack teachers. Int...
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| author | Abdulghani Muthanna Guoyuan Sang |
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| description | Brain drain is a context-based issue and has direct impact on the quality of higher education for institutions where a significant number of instructors migrate to take up work in other countries. This is a critical problem in Yemen where higher teacher education programmes still lack
teachers. Interpretive analysis of in-depth interviews with two university administrators and ten teacher educators revealed four key factors affecting the occurrence of brain drain: ineffective application of sabbatical leave regulations; failure to equalize returning teachers' salaries with
those of their colleagues; lack of resources to support research; and the presence of internal and external conflicts. The study also provides insights for decreasing brain drain in Yemen. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-419ab87a2385457da54eb2ba0d8c69622023-02-23T10:47:51ZengUCL PressLondon Review of Education1474-84601474-84792018-06-011629630710.18546/LRE.16.2.09Brain drain in higher education: Critical voices on teacher education in YemenAbdulghani MuthannaGuoyuan SangBrain drain is a context-based issue and has direct impact on the quality of higher education for institutions where a significant number of instructors migrate to take up work in other countries. This is a critical problem in Yemen where higher teacher education programmes still lack teachers. Interpretive analysis of in-depth interviews with two university administrators and ten teacher educators revealed four key factors affecting the occurrence of brain drain: ineffective application of sabbatical leave regulations; failure to equalize returning teachers' salaries with those of their colleagues; lack of resources to support research; and the presence of internal and external conflicts. The study also provides insights for decreasing brain drain in Yemen.https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.18546/LRE.16.2.09 |
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