Internationalizing U.S. Higher Education Through Student and Scholar Mobility

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The international mobility of students and scholars is one of the primary ways that U.S. higher education institutions internationalize their campuses. The presence of international students and scholars can provide many benefits to U.S. institutions, including new sources of tuition revenue, increased rankings or prestige, strengthened global networks, and improved global perspectives for domestic students and faculty. At the same time, critiques of this form of internationalization reveal some of its challenges and limitations, including limited access to international mobility, an overemphasis on the economic benefits of international students and scholars, and global imbalances in mobility flows. This symposium presents diverse views on international academic mobility in the United States to engage the audience in critical discussion of the phenomenon.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 6: Society, Culture, and Change

Chair

• Christine A. Farrugia, Institute of International Education

Papers

• Markets for International Students and Scholars in the United States: An Analysis of Current Trends - Christine A. Farrugia, Institute of International Education

• International Faculty: Satisfaction, Productivity, and Mobility - Lisa E. Wolf-Wendel, The University of Kansas

• Internationalization and Institutional Stratification - Brendan Cantwell, Michigan State University

• Defining the Scholar-Practitioner in International Higher Education: Context, Potential, and Future Prospects - Bernhard Thomas Streitwieser, The George Washington University

Discussant

• Jenny J. Lee, The University of Arizona