Perna, Laura WOrosz, KataJumakulov, Zakir2023-05-222023-05-222015-01-012017-11-01https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/35197This study utilizes qualitative research methods to explore the human capital benefits of one government-sponsored international scholarship program — Kazakhstan's Bolashak Scholars Program — and how program characteristics and other forces promote and limit these benefits. The findings raise a number of questions for policymakers, administrators, and researchers about how a government-sponsored international scholarship program should be structured so as to maximize human capital develoment for individuals and the sponsoring nation.© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Higher EducationPolicy and Administrationhigher educationinternational educationpublic policyhuman capitaleducational benefitsEducationEducational Assessment, Evaluation, and ResearchHigher EducationInternational and Comparative EducationArticle