International Resources

Articles

These articles report on foreign doctoral students and postdocs in the U.S., U.S. citizens working abroad, cross-cultural issues, international education trends, exchange programs, and the state of doctoral education in specific countries. 

Doctoral Education in the Netherlands
http://intl-nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2001/10/10/10  Details time-to-degree, attrition rates, and challenges faced by Ph.D. students in the Netherlands.

The Drawbacks of an Administrative Career Abroad
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2002/05/2002052802c.htm  A director of alumni relations and communications working at the Johns Hopkins University's Bologna Center in Italy details some cautionary considerations about moving a career abroad.

European Business Schools Expand Their Reach
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i37/37a04001.htm  A business school in France attracts many international students, including Americans, due to its shorter program (1 year) and international approach, which contrasts with the American-centered perspective of most business schools in the US.

Improving Ph.D. Student Mentoring Takes Time--Do We Have It?
http://intl-nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2002/04/18/6  Amsterdam's Free University wants to take action now to develop long-term career prospects for top talent. See related articles "Nourish Talent!" and "Doctoral Education in the Netherlands."

Strangers in a Strange Land
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2001/oct/prof1_011001.html  Foreign postdocs in the U.S. are vulnerable to exploitation by their employers.

Managing the Scientific Multitudes
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2001/oct/prof_011001.html  The international mix in laboratories can lead to intercultural misunderstandings.

Migrating Minds
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2002/apr/prof_020429.html  European life scientists traditionally complete their education in the United States and then stay; now the EU pays to get them back.

Multinational Lab Survey
http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2001/oct/results_011001.html  Read qualitative survey results to a series of questions about the benefits and challenges foreign nationals face when working in U.S. labs.

Nourish Talent!  
http://intl-nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2002/04/04/4  A shortage of mentoring, insufficient project planning, no feedback, and poor contact with the promoter are just some of the hurdles that young researchers are facing at universities in the Netherlands.

A U. of Michigan Program in China Fails to Draw Students, and Its Price is Blamed
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/05/2002051501u.htm  Explains some of the financial difficulties (for prospective students and universities alike) in setting up branches of American universities overseas.