Academic mobility / edited by Nina Maadad, Malcolm Tight.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maadad, Nina, editor.

Tight, Malcolm, editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

International perspectives on higher education research ; v. 11.

International perspectives on higher education research ; volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teacher mobility.

International education.

Physical Description:

viii, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2014.

Summary:

Academic mobility promotes the development of joint research activities, broadens the horizons of researchers, lecturers and professors, and promotes knowledge flows between institutions. This book offers a contemporary perspective on the mobility of academics across the globe with contributions by authors based in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. With a focus on the context for and experience of academic mobility in Africa, Australia, Europe, the Gulf and the United States, issues such as historical perspectives and contemporary reflections, the impact of English as the 'lingua franca' of academe in South Africa, the motivations and experiences of international academics working in the United Arab Emirates, the integration of foreign-born faculty within Israeli academia, academic mobility within the US, and, the legal status of academic mobility, this volume is both comprehensive and relevant. Book jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Editorial Introduction / Malcolm Tight

ch. 2 Being An International Academic: A Phenomenological Study Of Academic Migrants Adjusting To Working And Living In Scotland / Jenny Hounsell

ch. 3 Mobilised By Mobility? Determinants Of International Mobility Plans Among Doctoral Candidates In Germany / Steffen Jaksztat

ch. 4 Beyond Diaspora: The Lived Experiences Of Academic Mobility For Educational Researchers In The European Higher Education Area / Mustafa Yunus Eryaman

ch. 5 The Impact Of Mobility On The Lives And Careers Of Female And Male Academics In Higher Education / Angelica Risquez

ch. 6 Patterns And Persistence In Academic Migration: 40 Years Of Australian Academic Migration / Anthony Potts

ch. 7 Academic Mobility And Migration: Reflections Of International Academics In Australia / Husna Razee

ch. 8 Global Academics Moving Down Under: Living And Learning A New Academic Culture / Nina Maadad

Contents note continued: ch. 9 English And The Academy For African Skilled Migrants: The Impact Of English As An `Academic Lingua Franca' / Ellen Hurst

ch. 10 Academic Expatriation: Experiences From Within The United Arab Emirates / Kay Sanderson

ch. 11 Insights Into The Successful Integration Of Foreign-Born Faculty In Israeli Academia: The Empowering Effect Of In-Group Ethno-Cultural Similarity / Nitza Davidovitch

ch. 12 "Sensitive Fences": The Im/Mobility Of Working-Class Academics / Signe M. Kastberg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1783508531

9781783508532

OCLC:

882868762

Publisher Number:

99959494116