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Title Academic mobility / edited by Nina Maadad, Malcolm Tight
Edition First edition
Published Bingley, England : Emerald, 2014
©2014
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 265 pages) : illustrations, tables
Series International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 1479-3628 ; Volume 11
International perspectives on higher education research ; Volume 11.
Contents Chapter 1. Editorial Introduction / Nina Maadad and Malcolm Tight -- Chapter 2. Being An International Academic: A Phenomenological Study Of Academic Migrants Adjusting To Working And Living In Scotland / Carolin Kreber and Jenny Hounsell -- Chapter 3. Mobilised By Mobility? Determinants Of International Mobility Plans Among Doctoral Candidates In Germany / Nicolai Netz and Steffen Jaksztat -- Chapter 4. Beyond Diaspora: The Lived Experiences Of Academic Mobility For Educational Researchers In The European Higher Education Area / Fiona Hallett and Mustafa Yunus Eryaman -- Chapter 5. The Impact Of Mobility On The Lives And Careers Of Female And Male Academics In Higher Education / Magdalena Suárez-Ortega and Angelica Risquez -- Chapter 6. Patterns And Persistence In Academic Migration: 40 Years Of Australian Academic Migration / Anthony Potts -- Chapter 7. Academic Mobility And Migration: Reflections Of International Academics In Australia / Chinthaka Balasooriya, Augustine Asante, Ranmalie Jayasinha and Husna Razee -- Chapter 8. Global Academics Moving Down Under: Living And Learning A New Academic Culture / Nina Maadad -- Chapter 9. English And The Academy For African Skilled Migrants: The Impact Of English As An ̀Academic Lingua Franca' / Ellen Hurst -- Chapter 10. Academic Expatriation: Experiences From Within The United Arab Emirates / Kay Sanderson -- Chapter 11. Insights Into The Successful Integration Of Foreign-Born Faculty In Israeli Academia: The Empowering Effect Of In-Group Ethno-Cultural Similarity / Yaʼarit Bokek-Cohen and Nitza Davidovitch -- Chapter 12. "Sensitive Fences": The Im/Mobility Of Working-Class Academics / Signe M. Kastberg -- Chapter 13. The Protection Of The Right To Academic Mobility Under International Human Rights Law / Klaus Beiter
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters
Notes English
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Subject Teacher exchange programs.
Educational exchanges.
College teacher mobility.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Education.
Education -- Higher.
Education -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
College teacher mobility
Educational exchanges
Teacher exchange programs
Form Electronic book
Author Maadad, Nina, editor, author
Tight, Malcolm, editor
ISBN 9781783508549
178350854X
1783508531
9781783508532
9781306876018
130687601X