International Faculty in Higher Education Comparative Perspectives on Recruitment, Integration, and Impact

In an interconnected and globally competitive environment,faculty mobility across countries has become widespread, yet is little understood. Grounded in qualitative methodology, this volume offers a cutting-edge examination of internationally mobile academics today and explores the approaches and strategies that institutions pursue to recruit and integrate international teachers and scholars into local universities. Providing a range of research-based insights from case studies in key countries, this resource offers higher education scholars and administrators a comparative perspective, helping to explain the impact that international faculty have on the local university, as well as issues of retention, promotion, salaries, and the challenges faced by these internationally mobile academics.

Contents Preface Chapter 1 International Faculty in 21st Century Universities: Themes and Variations Philip G. Altbach and Maria Yudkevich Chapter 2 The Long-Term Mobility of International Faculty: A Literature Review Georgiana Mihut, Ariane de Gayardon, and Yulia Rudt Chapter 3 International Faculty in a Brazilian University: International Trajectories in a Nationalized System of Scientific Production Ana Maria F. Almeida, Mauricio Érnica, Luciano Antonio Digiampietri, and Marcelo Knobel Chapter 4 International Faculty in Canada: Recruitment and Transition Processes Diane V. Barbaric and Glen A. Jones Chapter 5 International Faculty in Two Top Tier Chinese Universities: One Country, Two Types of Internationals Gerard A. Postiglione and Xie Ailei Chapter 6 Integrating International Academic Staff into the Local Academic Context in Lithuania and Estonia Anna-Lena Rose and Liudvika Leišyte Chapter 7 Recruitment and Integration of International Faculty at German Universities: The Case of the University of Konstanz Martin Bruder and C. Giovanni Galizia Chapter 8 International Faculty Recruitment in Kazakhstan: The Case of Nazarbayev University Alan Ruby, Aliya Kuzhabekova, and Jack T. Lee Chapter 9 Attraction, Integration, and Productivity of International Academics in Mexico Sylvie Didou Aupetit Chapter 10 International Academic Recruitment in a Turbulent Environment: The Case of the Higher School of Economics in Russia Valentina Kuskova and Maria Yudkevich Chapter 11 International Faculty in Saudi Arabia’s Universities Mohammad A. AlOhali Chapter 12 International Academics in Africa: The South African Experience Damtew Teferra Chapter 13 International Faculty in Higher Education: Common Motivations, Disparate Realities, and Many Unknowns Laura E. Rumbley and Hans de Wit About the Contributors

Maria Yudkevich is Associate Professor of Economics and Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia. Philip G. Altbach is Research Professor and Founding Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, USA. Laura E. Rumbley is Associate Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, USA.