Open AccessInternational Faculty Mobility: Crucial and Understudied
Author(s) -
Laura E. Rumbley,
Hans de Wit
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-4501
pISSN - 1084-0613
DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2017.88.9681
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , internationalization , phenomenon , competition (biology) , political science , internationalization of higher education , higher education , public relations , scale (ratio) , graduate students , international education , sociology , pedagogy , business , international trade , geography , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , law , biology , programming language , cartography
Increased global competition not only implies that universities must compete for the best and brightest of undergraduate and graduate students, but they must also seek out talented researchers and teachers on a worldwide scale. The international mobility of faculty is also important in relation to the internationalization of higher education. Yet, the scope and nature of international mobility of faculty is a rather unknown and understudied phenomenon. This article addresses definitional and contextual issues, and national, institutional and individual factors related to international faculty mobility, and calls for more research on the phenomenon.