Academic Mobility

Product Description 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. Review In this collection of recent research, international contributors explore the benefits of mobility for professors, lecturers, and researchers working at institutions around the world. Some specific subjects considered include academic migrants in Scotland, determinants of international mobility plans among doctoral candidates in Germany, academic mobility in European higher education, the impact of mobility on the careers of female and male academics, experiences in Africa, and the mobility of working-class academics. The book is distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Ringgold Inc. Portland, OR (protoview.com) About the Author Nina Maadad - University of Adelaide, AustraliaMalcolm Tight - Lancaster University, UK