The transnational track: state sponsorship and Singapore's Oxbridge elite

• Published in: British journal of sociology of education Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 11 - 33
• Main Authors: Ye, Rebecca, Nylander, Erik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2015; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Bourdieu; College Admission; College Bound Students; College Preparation; College Role; College Students; Community Colleges; Competitive Selection; Data analysis; elite schools; Elites; Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; governmentality; Great Britain; Higher education; institutional matching; internationalization; Interviews; Oxbridge; Political Elites; Postsecondary Education; Private Schools; Public administration; Public Schools; Public Services; Reputation; Scholarships; Scholarships & fellowships; Schools; Secondary Schools; Selective Admission; Singapore; sponsored mobility; Sponsorship; Status; Student Mobility; transnational education; Transnationalism; Two Year Colleges; Undergraduate Students; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (Great Britain); Singapore; United Kingdom > UK

This paper explores the process of transnational institutional matching between elite institutions in Singapore and Great Britain, and the role of state-sponsored scholarships in enabling this process as political and administrative elites are selected and groomed. Using data gathered from in-depth...