'I left because...': Caribbean high-skilled emigrants' reasons to migrate to the US

The rate of emigration of highly educated people from the Caribbean is one of the highest in the world but little research exists on this phenomenon. This paper helps to fill this gap by focusing on one particular subset of Caribbean skilled emigrants, those working in higher education in the US, in...

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Published in:Compare 2023-02, Vol.53 (2), p.235-252
Main Author: Brissett, Nigel O. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Aspiration
Administrator Attitudes
Administrators
Caribbean
Caribbean academics
College Faculty
Decision Making
Emigration
Family Influence
Financial Support
Foreign Countries
Global Approach
High-skilled migration
Higher education
higher education professionals
Human Capital
Immigrants
Immigration
immigration policy and education
Networks
Research methodology
Skilled Workers
Social Support Groups
Systems Approach
Teacher Attitudes
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Summary:The rate of emigration of highly educated people from the Caribbean is one of the highest in the world but little research exists on this phenomenon. This paper helps to fill this gap by focusing on one particular subset of Caribbean skilled emigrants, those working in higher education in the US, including academics and administrators. Drawing on an inductive methodology, and using data from interviews, this interdisciplinary research assesses why these high-skilled Caribbean people emigrate from the region, and the factors that facilitate their immigration to the US. Findings indicate that, ultimately, high skilled emigration of this group is complex, reflecting a compelling interdisciplinary understanding of skilled emigration that has resonance in network, neoclassical human capital, and world systems theories of skilled emigration from the Caribbean.
ISSN:0305-7925
1469-3623
DOI:10.1080/03057925.2021.1887723