Vol 3, No 1, 2004 pp. 1-16
UDC 316.644-057.87(497.13):331.556
BRAIN WASTE & BRAIN DRAIN:
As Reflected in the Lives of Croatian University
Students
Dorothy S. McClellan1, Nikola Knez2
1Texas A&M University, Fulbright
Fellow, University of Zagreb, 2002-2004
e-mail: dorothym@falcon.tamucc.edu
2Croatian Society for Children's Human
Rights
Abstract. The present paper systemizes the experience of the author
as a Fulbright professor at the University of Zagreb. It analyzes the society
in transition, in an attempt to include the voices of the future leadership
class, the youth of Croatia. The survey was conducted in the spring of
2004, on 400 students from four faculties at the University of Zagreb.
The study revealed that the problems that young people face in this transition
to adulthood are a function of problems in education, as well as in the
economy. For that reason, programs that create an educated, open-minded
leadership class among the next generation of youth are the best way to
secure world peace, democratic nation building, a strong economy, and thereby
protect against brain waste and brain drain and a scientific diaspora.
Key words: brain waste, brain drain, leadership class, youth,
education, democracy, economy
NEISKORIŠĆENOST I ODLIV MOZGOVA:
Uticaj na život studentske populacije u Hrvatskoj
U ovom radu se sistematizuje iskustvo autora koji je bio na Fulbrajtovoj
stipendiji na Univerzitetu u Zagrebu. U njemu se ukratko analizira društvo
u tranziciji u pokušaju da se čuju glasovi mladih u Hrvatskoj kao budućih
lidera u društvu. Istraživanje je sprovedeno u proleće 2004. godine na
uzorku od 400 studenata Univerziteta u Zagrebu. Studija je utvrdila da
su problemi sa kojima se mladi susreću na prelazu u zrelo doba funkcija
problema u obrazovanju kao i u privredi. Iz tog razloga, programi koji
pripremaju obrazovanu klasu predvodnika širokih nazora u sledećoj generaciji
mladih predstavljaju najbolji način da se obezbedi mir u svetu, nacionalna
demokratija, jaka privreda, te da se tako društvo zaštiti od propadanja
i gubljenja mladih stručnjaka kao i nauče diaspore.
Ključne reči: neiskorišćenost i odliv mozgova, klasa lidera,
mladi, obrazovanje, demokratija, privreda
