The Global Scholar: Challenges and Opportunities of Working with Transnational Faculty in Higher Education

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Author(s): Mei-Yan Lu (San Jose State University, USA), Michael T. Miller (University of Arkansas, USA) and Richard E. Newman (Presbyterian College, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 11
Source title: Handbook of Research on Transnational Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Siran Mukerji (IGNOU, India) and Purnendu Tripathi (IGNOU, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4458-8.ch030

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter addresses the challenges associated with college faculty members crossing international borders to be employed by higher education institutions. This process includes challenges associated with the technical aspects of recruiting and hiring faculty members of different nationalities and then the subsequent challenges of understanding cultural dynamics in the classroom and how faculty members can be prepared to deal with these cultural differences. The chapter includes a practical analysis of these issues and concludes with recommendations for the stronger institutional integration of transnational faculty to higher education institutions.

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