Globalization and Transnational Academic Mobility The Experiences Of Chinese Academic Returnees /

• Main Author: Chen, Qiongqiong (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: East-West Crosscurrents in Higher Education,
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.

This book examines the way Chinese academics returning from the US re-establish their academic identities and professional practices at China’s research universities in the context of higher education internationalization in China. It goes beyond economic accounts of academic mobility based on the n...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Higher Education Transition and Academic Mobility in China
• Theorizing Academic Mobility
• Return Mobility, Motivations, and Driving-factors: Negotiating the Process of Return
• Reintegration, Challenges, and Structural Constraints: A Reflection on China’s Academic System
• Learning, Knowledge Transfer, and Institutional Innovation: The Impact of Academic Mobility
• Concluding Reflections.