ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book describes what happens when colleges and universities seek to produce human capital for export, and global labour demands shape academic priorities in local classrooms. It reveals how Philippine universities and colleges, as a whole, take part in export-oriented education. The book recognises aspiring migrants' agency in shaping their own migration trajectories. It examines two majors associated with overseas demand: Nursing and Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM). The book elaborates on how colleges and universities attempt to educate their students in line with foreign labour needs. It also examines the case of nursing graduates who graduated after 2006, when receiving countries like the US and UK began to stem the hiring of foreign nurses. The book shows how attempts to remain globally competitive have pushed HRM programmes towards the teaching of employable skills needed by the international hotel industry.
