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Appreciating international scholarships’ potential impact in Palestine’s extreme context

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The article presents original findings of career gains perceived by 32 Palestinian alumnae and alumni of 12 master’s scholarship programs. I draw on these original findings in responding to one key research question: How do scholarships work, or not, as a pathway of development in Palestine? I argue that scholarships evidently work well as such because of key mechanisms underlying their perceived career impact: Expanded access to career resources, experiential (global) learning, key skills cultivation, specialized knowledge advancement, and enhanced employers’ appreciation. However, I outline limits of this argument by reflecting on the difficulty of recreating the efficacy of these mechanisms and scaling up their perceived impact in Palestine’s currently extreme context. I finally extend a call for increased, serious reflection on ways to defy this difficulty.

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  • N. Almassri, Anas, 2024. "Appreciating international scholarships’ potential impact in Palestine’s extreme context," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:110:y:2024:i:c:s0738059324001445
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103118
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