The Geopolitics of Oversees Scholarships and Awards: Old and New Providers, East and West, North and South
Scholarships and awards have been an integral part of educational provision for a long time. In many of the oldest ‘public’ schools, like Winchester and Eton in England, poor, bright scholars were a key component to school life, along with the fee-paying colleagues. As a corollary, richer nations have offered scholarships to poorer countries as an element of official development assistance (ODA) from its very beginning. Interestingly, the so-called emerging donors have followed suit.
This Special Issue of NORRAG News is particularly interested in how geopolitical developments have influenced the nature and scope of scholarship provision. The old schemes such as Fulbright, Rhodes and Commonwealth remain very popular. However there are now many more destinations that are drawing bright students from all over the world, attracted by the ‘world class’ aspirations demonstrated in many new host countries.
The contributions in this issue highlight both old, new, large and small scholarships schemes, funded by OECD countries and newly emerging economies and which result in a rich spectrum of different scholarship programmes.
Contents include:
- History
- OECD Countries
- The Case of the US and UK
- New Donors - Old Scholarship Traditions?
- Country Experience of the Lure of the 'International' University