scholarly journals Chinese Students Abroad: Dynamics of the Number and Aims of Educational Travel

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
S. S. Donetskaya ◽  
M. Li
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Students ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
After School ◽  
Employment Benefits ◽  
Educational Travel ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
The Government ◽  
Travel Abroad ◽  
Foreign Universities

This paper discusses the processes of the educational travel of the Chinese students abroad. Based on data of the Ministry of Education of China, publications from the Chinese Internet, original articles published in the world periodicals, the reasons elucidated why the number of students leaving China changed from 2001 to 2018; describes funding sources of educational travel. Information on the contemporary preferences of Chinese students in selection of countries and study programs, aims and reasons of educational travel abroad is provided. The hard competition of the young persons after school on educational services market, expected job difficulties after graduation from national universities and influence of parents are pushing young Chinese people to consider studying abroad. Over the past 10 years, the number of Chinese citizens studying in foreign universities rates more than doubled and reached to 662.1 thousand in 2018. The aim of such migration is not only acquiring advanced western knowledge or improving foreign language skills but also getting the so-called symbolic capital, which arises after graduation from the famous foreign universities. This capital will bring tangible employment benefits and future career privileges in the Chinese companies. Therefore, currently the largest number of Chinese young people seek to become students in English speaking countries, where the concentration of the best world universities included in the top-100 of international rankings is high. The modern professional preferences of Chinese students correspond to the development trends of the China’s national economy and science, and depend on the future employment and opportunity to receive the scholarships from the Government of China.

Unfunded Public Employee Health Care Benefits and GASB No. 45

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth K. Keating ◽  
Eric S. Berman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Employment Benefits ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Government Accounting ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) recently released Statement No. 45, Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers for Post-Employment Benefits Other Than Pensions and its companion Statement No. 43 for pooled stand-alone health care plans, which will profoundly affect American governmental finance. The goal of this article is to encourage governments to consider carefully a full range of options in funding and restructuring other post-employment benefits (OPEB). This article will review Statement No. 45's potential impact on governments and review existing disclosures in financial reports as well as bond offering statements. The article will discuss the statement's impact on budgets and governmental operations, including collective bargaining. Funding options under Statement No. 45 will be detailed, including the advantages and disadvantages of irrevocable trusts and OPEB bonds. The article will also discuss the impact of Medicare Part D subsidies received by governments, as well as the bond rating implications of policy decisions surrounding OPEB. As the largest government entities are just now implementing GASB Statement No. 45, estimates of the magnitude of unfunded OPEB liabilities are limited as are the strategies likely to be adopted to cover these obligations. This article offers a summary of the unfunded OPEB liabilities reported by states and major cities and suggests some measures for assessing the ability of these entities to address these costs.

Any DNA to Declare? Regulating Offshore Access to Genetic Enhancement

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 179-213
Author(s):  
Maxwell J. Mehlman ◽  
Kirsten M. Rabe
Keyword(s):  
Law School ◽  
Genetic Enhancement ◽  
Basketball Player ◽  
Professional Basketball ◽  
The Government ◽  
Travel Abroad ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The U.S

Imagine a world in which parents can genetically enhance their child's height so that he becomes a professional basketball player. Or imagine a law school student preparing for the bar who takes out an extra loan to genetically enhance his intelligence. What if going to your physician for a routine physical included the option of genetically enhancing any trait you desired? And what if such a practice was expensive and, therefore, only available to the privileged members of society? Is this desirable or should the U.S. government ban genetic enhancement? What if the government bans it and citizens travel abroad to receive genetic enhancement treatments? Can the U.S. government do anything to prevent access to illegal genetic enhancement abroad?

Finding a Chulu (Way Out): Rural-origin Chinese Students Studying Abroad in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-681
Author(s):  
Shanshan Lan
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
College Entrance ◽  
College Entrance Exam ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Place Of Origin

Based on multi-site research in China and South Korea, this paper examines the motivations for rural-origin Chinese students to study abroad in South Korea and how their overseas experiences are mediated by both internal and international educational hierarchies. Existing literature on transnational student mobility from Asia mainly focuses on students from urban middle-class backgrounds, while little attention has been paid to students from less advantaged backgrounds. Scholars have noted that China's seemingly meritocratic gaokao (national college entrance exam) policy in reality functions to perpetuate the structural marginalization of rural students in its educational system. This research moves beyond the internal migration paradigm by examining how social inequalities associated with the rural/urban divide are reproduced and re-articulated by the intersection of class, gender, place of origin, and time management at the transnational scale.

The Manifestation of Climate Injustices: The Post-Hurricane Irma Conflicts Surrounding Barbuda’s Communal Land Tenure

2019 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 1940002 ◽  
Author(s):  
April Karen Baptiste ◽  
Hubert Devonish
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Alternative Funding ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Communal Land ◽  
Foreign Tourism ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma caused significant destruction to the Caribbean during the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season. In its aftermath, many of these Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are left with the dilemma of seeking ways to rebuild in some cases entire nation states. Using the case study of Antigua and Barbuda, where Barbuda was the first Caribbean island to receive a direct hit from Hurricane Irma, the paper begins to explore the ways in which the global system of exploitation of SIDS exacerbates internal historical conflicts which is a manifestation of climate injustices. Specifically, the Barbudans’ relative privilege in having inherited communal land rights have become, for the government, the barrier standing in the way of the only alternative funding sources for reconstruction, foreign tourism investment. Using the theoretical underpinnings of climate justice, we argue that the causers of climate change, who are generally the inheritors of the historic colonization, exploitation and impoverishment of these states, will effectively benefit from the intensity of Hurricane Irma, given that they will eventually get access to Barbudan land if the communal land rights are revoked.

Parliamentary Report

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-81
Author(s):  
Frank Cranmer
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Considerable Controversy ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Travel Abroad ◽  
Do So

The issue of assisted suicide has been a matter of considerable controversy. On 9 December 2008 the incoming Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, announced that he would not prosecute Mark and Julie James for taking their son Daniel, paralysed as a result of a rugby accident, to an assisted-dying clinic in Switzerland. At the same time, Margo MacDonald MSP has been attempting to change the law in Scotland, where assisting the suicide of another is a common law offence. During the Lords committee stage of the Coroners and Justice Bill Lord Falconer moved a new clause to make it legal to help another to travel to a country in which assisted dying was lawful, in circumstances where that person had made a formal declaration of intent to travel abroad in order to die and two doctors, independent of each other, had certified that that person was terminally ill and had the necessary mental capacity to make the declaration. For the Government, Lord Bach said that Ministers felt that the Bill was not the appropriate vehicle for changing the law on assisted suicide and suggested that if Falconer wished to pursue the matter further he should do so through a Private Member's Bill – and the new clause was duly defeated by 194 votes to 141.

Reflections on an Innovative Approach to Studying Abroad in Nursing

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Napolitano ◽  
Karen V. Duhamel
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Bachelor Of Science ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
Global Health Care ◽  
Travel Abroad

Nursing students are largely excluded from travel-abroad studies because of demanding curricula, lack of time, and cost. A poll was conducted and distributed to bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) and master of science in nursing (MSN) students who participated in 8-day observational trips. Questions were framed around the themes of cultural awareness, global health care perspective, translating theory into practice, and personal and professional growth. The results were compared with traditional long-term study-abroad outcomes. Participants reported increased cultural awareness through personal interactions and personal growth through continued reflection. Perceived impact on nursing practice was rated as neutral, but narrative comments implied actual influence on practice.

scholarly journals CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE (MSME / UMKM) AS A FORM OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN BANTEN PROVINCE

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hamdani .
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Local Regulation ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
The Government ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
Corporate Social

The purpose of the study is to give an idea relates to the policy of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in actualize economic justice for MSME in Banten Province. This research used descriptive explorative approach by analyzing the empowerment strategies for MSME. The study conducted by using literature review referring on the relevant studies and applicable legislations product including local regulation about CSR. To actualize the economic justice, strategies and policies in supporting the populist economic movement MSME based. The existence of the government is crucial to connect the companies to MSME. The ease of access to funding and business assistance as a strategy to increase the competitiveness MSME in Banten Province. As a commitment to MSME empowerment, the local government could issue the regulation about CSR as a funding sources for MSME. Therefore, the synergic relationship with all parties especially the government, MSME and company need to be developed. The implementation of CSR has been arranged in Perda No 5 of 2016. Technically the used of funding CSR as a source of funding for MSME need to be explained. The goal is that MSME could grow independently. The MSME that grows independently gives people opportunities to work, it means that its existence consistent with the government’s program in addressing the issue of unemployment and poverty. If all parties has the same concern to support the populist economy by using the CSR funding allocation for MSME, the aims of equity and the economic justice for people can be reached.Keywords:  CSR, MSME, and Economic Justice 

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