
Missing the Boat
The Failure to Internationalize American Higher Education
Cambridge University Press
Published on 26. April 1991
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-521-40213-2 (ISBN)
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Description
For many faculty the desire and need to go abroad is inherent in the nature of their discipline. For others the thought of going abroad for scholarly purposes is completely alien. This book, which was sponsored by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, looks in depth at the international experience of American faculty. Goodwin and Nacht examine the type of faculty who go abroad and their reasons for doing so, the incentives and the disincentives for faculty travel abroad, the attitudes prevalent on US campuses toward such activities, the special obstacles and risks faced by faculty who commit themselves to an international experience and the effects of foreign experience among the faculty on the internationalisation of US campuses. In preparing the book, the authors conducted extensive interviews with faculty at thirty-seven institutions of higher education.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-40213-2 (9780521402132)
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The Failure to Internationalize American Higher Education
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Craufurd D. Goodwin | Michael Nacht
Missing the Boat
The Failure to Internationalize American Higher Education
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01/2009
Cambridge University Press
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Content
Introduction; 1. Higher education looks abroad: historical trends; 2. Who goes today? and who does not?; 3. Individual costs and benefits; 4. Campus attitudes; 5. Obstacles to international experience; 6. Issues for debate; 7. Case studies; 8. Epilogue: missing the boat; Appendix; Index.