The Internationalization of the Academy Changes, Realities and Prospects /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Huang, Futao (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Finkelstein, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rostan, Michele (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective ; 10
• Θέματα: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Sociology of Education.

This volume provides a nuanced empirical assessment of the extent to which the academic profession is internationalized at the beginning of the 21st century. It indicates which are the most internationalized academic activities, and focuses on specific topics such as physical mobility for study or p...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgements
• 1. The Internationalization of the Academic Profession
• 2. Concepts and Methods
• 3. A Profile of CAP Participating Countries and a Global Overview of Academic Internationalization in 2007-2008
• 4. Internationalization of the Academy: Rhetoric, Recent Trends and Prospects
• 5. The International Mobility of Academic Staff
• 6. The International Dimension of Teaching and Learning
• 7. The Internationalization of Research
• 8. Regionalization of Higher Education and the Academic Profession in Asia, Europe and North America
• 9. Gender and Faculty Internationalization
• 10. Internationalization and the New Generation of Academics
• 11. Patterns of Faculty Internationalization: A Predictive Model
• 12. The Internationalization of the Academy: Findings, Open Questions and Implications
• Appendix
• Notes on Contributors.