The Migration of Professors from African Universities to the western world: The Case of Addis Ababa University Ethiopia
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The aim of this study is to understand the major reasons of migration of academic intellectuals from Addis Ababa University to the developed world and to compare and contrast the brain drain from Imperial regime up to FDRE (1974-1993). The study will be used to find out the problem by analyzing the migration of academic intellectuals and to suggest alternative solutions.
The study method was employed mixed method and is supplemented by available documents. Both narrative and survey research designs are used. The researcher divided the sampling frame into commonly selected strata (groups) of five Colleges and two Institutes arranged by strata. In the selecting process respondents were selected from each colleges and research institutes using stratified random sampling techniques. The data were gathered from AAU academic intellectuals, analyzed by using percentage, average (mean), descriptive words and the documents were incorporated to substitute the qualitative information.
The data analysis and findings of this research showed that migration of academic intellectuals from AAU to the developed world is many factors such as: During Hile Selases regime no intellectuals turn over and they have no any economic problem and political persecution. During Derg regime the political persecution, refuges and killing intellectuals were high and the brain drain started on this regime. Also many AAU university intellectuals leave country on political persecutions, conflicts and war they have a big political problem but no economic. During current government since took power government dismissed 42 AAU academic intellectuals in 1993 it was major problem, the economic situation is too difficult, no political persecution and refugees it is too low. Therefore, many the AAU academic intellectuals leave the country on searching sufficient income, for survive and brain drain, brain circulation is too high on economic and technology cases.
Finally some recommendations are forwarded: Policy makers to control this issue encourage on adjust housing, salary, creating conductive environment, attracting foreign intellectuals and both are should be knew university is not political and it is an area of academic, avoid conflict, take the responsibility on political issues, social situation and in democratic principles for the realization of better development
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