Section 1: The landscape
1.1. Introduction - 'Pathways for social change?'
1.2. Recent trends in international scholarships
1.3. Relationships between Scholarship Program and Institutional Capacity Development Initiatives
CS1. Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program (Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras, Brazil) Section 2: Investing in individuals
2.1. Selecting Social Change Leaders
2.2. The benefits and challenges of international education: Maximizing learning for social change
CS2. Open Society Scholarship Programs
CS3. Balancing Change and Continuity: The Case of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
Section 3: The dynamics of return
3.1. Influencing pathways to social change: Scholarship program conditionality and individual agency
3.2. What's Next? Facilitating Post-study Transitions
3.3. Global Migration of Talent: Drain, Gain and Transnational Impacts
CS4. The Chinese Government Scholarship Program: the brain development scheme that illuminates a vision across 30 years
Section 4: Understanding outcomes
4.1. Magnitudes of impact: a three-level review of evidence from scholarship evaluation
4.2. Tracing the spark that lights a flame: A review of methodologies to measure the outcomes of international scholarships
4.3. International Scholarships and Social Change: Elements for a New Approach
CS5. Education in Support of Social Transformation: The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program
Section 5: Looking to the future
5.1. International Scholarships in the Ecosystem of Higher Education: An African View
5.2. Higher Education International Scholarships and Social Change in India
5.3. Conclusions: Pathways revisited
About the Author: Joan R. Dassin is Professor of International Education and Development and Director of the MA Program in Sustainable International Development at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, USA.
Robin R. Marsh is Senior Researcher at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Matt Mawer is Senior Research Officer at The Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK.
