Abstract
Cuba’s higher education scholarship program has received little attention in the literature on education and development. In this chapter, I discuss themes that emerge from my interviews with graduates from Englishspeaking Caribbean countries who studied in Cuba, as well as Cuban educators, on the nature of their academic programs and their subsequent careers. This facilitates exploration of a number of questions, including the following:
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How, in the perceptions of scholarship students and graduates, have they experienced the philosophy of combining study, practical work, and research in the tertiary education curriculum in Cuban universities?
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What impact does studying in Cuba appear to have on graduates after they return to their home countries?
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How does the experience of the graduates throw light on the relationship between tertiary education and national development?
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Hickling-Hudson, A. (2012). Studying in Cuba, Returning Home to Work: Experiences of Graduates from the English-Speaking Caribbean. In: Hickling-Hudson, A., González, J.C., Preston, R. (eds) The Capacity to Share. Postcolonial Studies in Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137014634_7
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