An analysis of the foreign-educated elite academics in the United States
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Highlights：
• We analyze the educational backgrounds of 14310 full professors from the top 48 universities in the United States.
• One in three professors at prestigious US universities get their undergraduate degree abroad and one in eight professors get their PhD degree abroad.
• Greece provides more undergraduate degrees to elite academics than the whole continents of South America or Africa.
• Most foreign-educated professors get their undergraduate education from high income countries.
• Higher ranked universities hire foreign-educated professors at the same rate as lower ranked universities.
摘要
•We analyze the educational backgrounds of 14310 full professors from the top 48 universities in the United States.•One in three professors at prestigious US universities get their undergraduate degree abroad and one in eight professors get their PhD degree abroad.•Greece provides more undergraduate degrees to elite academics than the whole continents of South America or Africa.•Most foreign-educated professors get their undergraduate education from high income countries.•Higher ranked universities hire foreign-educated professors at the same rate as lower ranked universities.
论文关键词：Academics training,Academics mobility,Brain drain
论文评审过程：Received 26 September 2016, Revised 20 February 2017, Accepted 20 February 2017, Available online 28 February 2017, Version of Record 28 February 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.02.008
