International Students and Scholars in the United States

An international team of academics and experienced practitioners here bring together scholarship on academic migrants to the United States - the world's top recipient of academic talent. They examine the multidirectional migration patterns of academic migrants, adaptation challenges, and the roles played by international students and faculty.

"Heike C. Alberts and Helen D. Hazen have gathered together an impressive group of authors who offer compelling insights into contemporary patterns of international academic migration. This book identifies many of the key opportunities afforded by internationalization for enhancing academic practice and higher learning, yet it does not shy away from also addressing the real challenges facing foreign-born faculty and students and the need to adapt and improve support systems for helping them transition to a new life and ultimately find success in their academic pursuits."

• Michael Solem, Association of American Geographers, USA

  "With this book, Alberts and Hazen are making a timely and extremely valuable contribution to contemporary debates concerning highly skilled and international student migration. This collection of essays, by internationally acclaimed scholars in the field, provides a unique perspective on academic mobility in all its diversity by including students at different 'levels' along with scholars. The practical focus on the United States is welcomed and reflects the continued, if dwindling, dominant position of the US in global mobility flows. This allows readers to engage critically with the changing geographies of intellectual power."

• Johanna L. Waters, University of Birmingham, UK

  "Heike C. Alberts and Helen D. Hazen offer a highly readable collection on the changing patterns of the burgeoning international participation in higher education in the United States while simultaneously exploring the dynamics of 'brain circulation' with home countries. Though not autobiographical, their insightful identification of issues reflects their personal histories as international students and now faculty. Especially valuable is the use of research findings to offer ways of enhancing practices in the classroom and for support services."

• Janice Monk, Research Professor, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, USA

  Autorentext
  ALISA ELAND Assistant Director of Counseling and Advising at International Student and Scholar Services at the University of Minnesota, USA ALLAN FINDLAY Professor of Geography at the University of Dundee, UK KEN FOOTE Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA RUSSELL KING Professor of Geography at the University of Sussex UK KEFA M. OTISO Associate Professor of Geography at Bowling Green State University, USA KAVITA PANDIT Professor of Geography and Associate Provost for International Education at the University of Georgia in Athens, Greece REBECCA THEOBALD Assistant Professor Adjoint in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA WAN YU PhD student in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning of Arizona State University, USA

  Inhalt
  Foreword; Wei Li 1.Introduction; Helen Hazen and Heike Alberts PART I: MIGRATION PATTERNS AND EXPERIENCES 2. British Students in the United States: Motivations, Experiences, and Career Aspirations; Russell King, Allan Findlay, Jill Ahrens, and Alistair Geddes 3. The Emerging Brain Circulation between China and the US; Wan Yu 4. 'Too Many Things Pull Me Back and Forth.' Return Intentions and Transnationalism among International Students; Helen Hazen and Heike Alberts German Faculty in the United States: Return Migration Intentions, Reform, and Research Networks; Heike Alberts PART II: DIVERSITY 6. International Faculty: A Source of Diversity; Rebecca Theobald 7. International Students and Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities for Campus Internationalization; Kavita Pandit PART III: CHALLENGES AND SUPPORT 8. Succeeding Abroad: International Students in the United States; Alisa Eland and Kay Thomas 9. African Students in the US Higher Education System: A Window of Opportunities and Challenges; Jane Irungu 10. Supporting and Mentoring International Faculty: Issues and Strategies; Ken Foote 11. Teaching and Learning with Accented English; Heike Alberts, Helen Hazen, and Rebecca Theobald 12. Conclusion; Heike Alberts and Helen Hazen