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Academic Mobility.
Title:
Academic Mobility.
Author:
Tight, Malcolm.
ISBN:
9781783508549
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Series:
International Perspectives on Higher Education Research ; v.11

International Perspectives on Higher Education Research
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- ACADEMIC MOBILITY -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- CHAPTER 1 EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION -- THE EXISTING LITERATURE ON ACADEMIC MOBILITY -- THE CONTENTS OF THE VOLUME -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 BEING AN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF ACADEMIC MIGRANTS ADJUSTING TO WORKING AND LIVING IN SCOTLAND -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- STUDYING THE EXPERIENCES OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS IN SCOTLAND -- DATA ANALYSIS -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 MOBILISED BY MOBILITY? DETERMINANTS OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY PLANS AMONG DOCTORAL CANDIDATES IN GERMANY -- INTRODUCTION -- PREVIOUS RESEARCH AND RESEARCH GAP -- THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- DATA, VARIABLES AND METHODS -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 BEYOND DIASPORA: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF ACADEMIC MOBILITY FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHERS IN THE EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA -- ACADEMIC MOBILITY: CONCEPTS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- RESEARCH APPROACH -- RESULTS -- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 THE IMPACT OF MOBILITY ON THE LIVES AND CAREERS OF FEMALE AND MALE ACADEMICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- ACADEMIC MOBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 PATTERNS AND PERSISTENCE IN ACADEMIC MIGRATION: 40 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC MIGRATION -- INTRODUCTION -- ACADEMIC MIGRATION -- REASONS FOR ACADEMIC MIGRATION -- ACADEMIC MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA -- THEORY AND METHOD -- EXTERNAL MIGRATION -- INTERNAL MIGRATION -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 ACADEMIC MOBILITY AND MIGRATION: REFLECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS IN AUSTRALIA -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- PERSONAL REFLECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS -- OVERALL REFLECTIONS.

ISSUES FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 GLOBAL ACADEMICS MOVING DOWN UNDER: LIVING AND LEARNING A NEW ACADEMIC CULTURE -- INTRODUCTION -- APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 ENGLISH AND THE ACADEMY FOR AFRICAN SKILLED MIGRANTS: THE IMPACT OF ENGLISH AS AN 'ACADEMIC LINGUA FRANCA' -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS VALID KNOWLEDGE? -- KNOWLEDGE AND LANGUAGE -- ENGLISH IN THE AFRICAN ACADEMY -- ENGLISH AS AN ACADEMIC LINGUA FRANCA -- MOBILITY OF AFRICAN ACADEMICS -- AFROPOLITANISM AND THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 ACADEMIC EXPATRIATION: EXPERIENCES FROM WITHIN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- INTRODUCTION -- MOBILE ACADEMICS -- LOCAL CONTEXT -- THE STUDY -- METHODS -- FINDINGS -- ACADEMIC WORK -- SOCIAL CHANGE -- CONCLUDING STATEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 INSIGHTS INTO THE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY INISRAELI ACADEMIA: THE EMPOWERING EFFECT OF IN-GROUP ETHNO-CULTURAL SIMILARITY -- INTRODUCTION -- AREAS OF SUCCESS AND SATISFACTION IN CAREERS OF FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY -- DIFFICULTIES AND DISSATISFACTION IN CAREERS OF FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY -- CAREERS OF FOREIGN-BORN FACULTY IN ARIEL UNIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY -- METHOD -- FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION -- METHODOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONTRIBUTION AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12 "SENSITIVE FENCES": THE IM/MOBILITY OF WORKING-CLASS ACADEMICS -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- WELCOME TO THE UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD -- METHODS -- CHOOSING COLLEGE -- GRADUATE STUDY -- ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT -- THE MENTOR/COACH RELATIONSHIP -- TO MOVE OR NOT TO MOVE … -- CULTURAL FACTORS: COMMUNITY, STUDENTS, AND COLLEAGUES -- CAREER COSTS TO FAMILY -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.

CHAPTER 13 THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO ACADEMIC MOBILITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW -- ATTACKS ON ACADEMIC MOBILITY -- THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW -- ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE RIGHT TO ACADEMIC MOBILITY -- ASCERTAINING THE CONTENT OF THE RIGHT TO ACADEMIC MOBILITY -- THE RIGHT TO ACADEMIC MOBILITY: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES.
Abstract:
This book offers a contemporary perspective on the mobility of academics across the globe. With contributions from authors based across 4 continents focusing on the experience of academic mobility in Africa, Australia, Europe, the Gulf and the United States, the volume is both comprehensive and relevant.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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