My question is this, what causes this occurrence? Some would
argue that the issue is of a better life. By obtaining a degree from Harvard,
you’re going to get the job of your choice in basically any LDC on earth. This
then ties into the idea that the better the education the better the pay rate.
I agree, partly. I think though that the real issue is transportation. The
problem that these LDCs are having is not that they are losing individuals but
rather that they are not bringing in individuals for higher education. While a
seemingly obvious proposition, it bares to be mentioned that, for most of the
people who leave, they often have the intention of going back, after they
receive their “proper” education. The United States has never had a problem
with this, because the United States has always done what I am suggesting to
LDCs.
That is, to stop the outsourcing of education and institute
new laws and regulations that provide for a higher standard of education within
one’s own homeland. America, as the “land of the free” promotes an idea. This
idea is that they can provide an education and better paying job because of
said education. The United States has never outsourced its education. Rather,
from its conception, the United States has created institutions with the
intention of rivaling Oxford and Cambridge. The very foundation of education
set forth by the United States was never to educate, it was to compete.
There are several things that I think that a government can
do to utilize this idea. The first is to establish a specific university. This
university must follow a credo, and that is to be the best damn education in
the surrounding countries. This means that the Government of said university
will have to promote incentives for students and teachers. To do so, a
Government could partner with the surrounding countries or an individual
country with much more means. The more advanced country could utilize the
option as a means of charity, propaganda, aide, investment, etc. The recipient
government would then have a financially backed institution, focused on competition.
This would minimize the financial role the host country would have to provide.
Additionally, it would provide a cheaper means of access to education for
citizens as well as boost the economy of the surrounding community because of
the increase supply and demand that a university promotes.
I draw attention to Orem/Provo, UT and College Station, TX
to name just a couple. These 3 cities have around 300,000 residents. 67,000
attend Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University and 50,000 attend
Texas A&M. That doesn’t include all the smaller institutions like Provo
College, or Stevens-Henager College. Just to underscore that amount let’s say
125,000 students or 42% of the population. The major reason? The educational
institutions that provide the initial backbone of these cities. Almost 100,000
people living in each one of these educational meccas. That is just 3 cities,
which would constitute 5.5% of the population of Kyrgyzstan.
To clarify the point I am trying to make. These educational
hubs are self-sustaining. They promote education, have created their own
sustainable economy, and have boosted the regional economy through the advances
they have made in sciences, law, agriculture, sports, medicine, etc. Doctors
stay to work in the local hospitals, Lawyers stay and become government
officials, art, dance, and film students, stay because they can’t afford to
leave (just kidding). The impact of these institutions not only affects the
nearby residents but their individual graduates. In the case of local
economics, the surrounding area is filled with the arts, cuisine, and business
that you would expect to see. As well as the institution of global enterprises
(Nuskin, Adobe, and other technical companies).
This is all done in an area of land, if you combined all 3
cities, that is not even ¼ the size of Long Island.
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