Yasmin Y. Ortiga is a Lecturer at the College of Alice and Peter Tan, National University of Singapore.

• 1. Schooling in the Migrant-sending Country• Education and Emigration• The Case of the Philippines• Sites for Convergence: A Reflection on Method• Overview of Chapters2. The Making of Export-oriented Education • From Excess to Employability• Private Enterprise and the ‘School Business’• Staying Ahead of the Competition• Addressing Employer Needs• Education Problems for the Labour-exporting State3. The Flexible University • Within the Migrant Labour Commodity Chain• Flexible Faculty• Flexible Spaces• Coping and Adjusting4. The Burden of Producing the Global Filipino Nurse • Making Sense of Nurse Migration• Knowledge, Autonomy, and Professional Values• Professional Problems• Global Market, Local Burdens5. Learning to Labor for Low Wage Hotel Work • Migrants without Class• Defining Class• Setting Students Apart• Learning to Start from the Bottom• Maintaining Class Hierarchies6. The Migration Trap • Investing in Employability• Caught in the Migration Trap• Stuck in an Opportunity Trap• The Purpose of Higher Education7. Conclusion • Education in Flux• What are schools for?

Yasmin Y. Ortiga is a Lecturer at the College of Alice and Peter Tan, National University of Singapore.

• 1. Schooling in the Migrant-sending Country• Education and Emigration• The Case of the Philippines• Sites for Convergence: A Reflection on Method• Overview of Chapters2. The Making of Export-oriented Education • From Excess to Employability• Private Enterprise and the ‘School Business’• Staying Ahead of the Competition• Addressing Employer Needs• Education Problems for the Labour-exporting State3. The Flexible University • Within the Migrant Labour Commodity Chain• Flexible Faculty• Flexible Spaces• Coping and Adjusting4. The Burden of Producing the Global Filipino Nurse • Making Sense of Nurse Migration• Knowledge, Autonomy, and Professional Values• Professional Problems• Global Market, Local Burdens5. Learning to Labor for Low Wage Hotel Work • Migrants without Class• Defining Class• Setting Students Apart• Learning to Start from the Bottom• Maintaining Class Hierarchies6. The Migration Trap • Investing in Employability• Caught in the Migration Trap• Stuck in an Opportunity Trap• The Purpose of Higher Education7. Conclusion • Education in Flux• What are schools for?

Yasmin Y. Ortiga is a Lecturer at the College of Alice and Peter Tan, National University of Singapore.

• 1. Schooling in the Migrant-sending Country• Education and Emigration• The Case of the Philippines• Sites for Convergence: A Reflection on Method• Overview of Chapters2. The Making of Export-oriented Education • From Excess to Employability• Private Enterprise and the ‘School Business’• Staying Ahead of the Competition• Addressing Employer Needs• Education Problems for the Labour-exporting State3. The Flexible University • Within the Migrant Labour Commodity Chain• Flexible Faculty• Flexible Spaces• Coping and Adjusting4. The Burden of Producing the Global Filipino Nurse • Making Sense of Nurse Migration• Knowledge, Autonomy, and Professional Values• Professional Problems• Global Market, Local Burdens5. Learning to Labor for Low Wage Hotel Work • Migrants without Class• Defining Class• Setting Students Apart• Learning to Start from the Bottom• Maintaining Class Hierarchies6. The Migration Trap • Investing in Employability• Caught in the Migration Trap• Stuck in an Opportunity Trap• The Purpose of Higher Education7. Conclusion • Education in Flux• What are schools for?