Rennie J. Moon
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Gi-Wook Shin
Stanford University, Stanford USA
Keywords: higher education aid, development assistance, transnational social capital, foreign students, foreign professionals, Korea
DOI: 10.5509/2016894817
In this paper, we explore a new framework for higher education official development assistance (ODA) with a focus on the transnational bridging benefits of social capital. We first explain why and how a transnational social capital approach can improve the current focus on human resources and local bridges in higher education development. We then illustrate its merits by examining, 1) the transnational bridging potential of social capital formed by foreign students currently studying in Korea; and 2) the actual transnational social capital contributions of foreign professionals who returned home after completing a Korean higher education ODA program. In doing so, we direct particular attention to the value of transnational social capital in promoting development cooperation and public diplomacy. We conclude by discussing how our approach has conceptual importance and practical implications for development cooperation in higher education.
援助作为跨国社会资本： 韩国高等教育中的政府开发援助
关键词：高等教育援助，开发援助，跨国社会资本，外国留学生，外国专业人士，韩国
在本文中我们探讨了高等教育中的政府开发援助的一个新的框架，其聚焦于社会资本的跨国连接效应。我们首先解释了为什么跨国社会资本可以并且会如何改进当下高等教育发展中对人力资源和本土联系的关注。接下来我们通过考察以下方面展示了这个框架的价值：1）现在韩国学习的外国留学生身上社会资本的跨国连接潜力；2）完成韩国高等教育官方发展援助项目后返回祖国的外国专业人士实际做出的跨国社会资本贡献。通过这些考察，我们对跨国社会资本在促进发展合作和公共外交方面的价值给以特别的关注。文章在结束时讨论了我们的方法对于高等教育中的发展合作具有怎样的概念上的重要性和实际的重要意义。
Translated from English by Li Guo