International Students and Scholars in the United States: Coming from Abroad

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.

Author: Heike C. Alberts, Helen D. Hazen
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/15/2013
Pages: 235
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d
ISBN13: 9781349438525
ISBN10: 1349438529
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Schools | Levels | Higher
- Education | Multicultural Education
- Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

About the Author
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