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Place Attachment in Kazakhstan: Changes in Place Attachment after Sponsored Education Abroad
Clark, Jordan Taylor
Clark, Jordan Taylor
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Since 1993 the Government of Kazakhstan has sent over 14,000 students abroad to complete advanced degrees through the Bolashak International Scholarship. Upon completion of the degree students must return to Kazakhstan for at least five years. The purpose of this research is to examine if there was any change in attachment to Kazakhstan upon returning to the country and was completed through an online survey and interviews. The survey was based on previous research surveys into place attachment and required Likert scale responses. Ultimately the goal was to determine whether there was a significant increase or decrease in attachment to Kazakhstan after a student completed their education. While the results suggested certain trends there is no definitive answer as whether studying abroad through the Bolashak scholarship increases or decreases place attachment to Kazakhstan. Instead other factors, when considered with participation of the scholarship program, suggest a trend of increased or decreased place attachment. Those factors include age, gender, location of attended school, ethnicity, and length of time elapsed since living abroad. Additionally, all interviewees said they returned seeing Kazakhstan in a different way and can now imagine see how it could be improved and bettered.
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2023-05-31
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University of Kansas
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Geography, Higher education, International relations, Bolashak, Bolashaq, Kazakhstan, place attachment