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. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-22 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 British Students in the United States....Pages 25-45 The Emerging Brain Circulation Between China and the United States....Pages 47-64 “Too Many Things Pull Me Back and Forth”....Pages 65-87 German Faculty in the United States....Pages 89-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 International Faculty....Pages 111-130 International Students and Diversity....Pages 131-141 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Succeeding Abroad....Pages 145-162 African Students in the US Higher-Education System....Pages 163-180 Supporting and Mentoring International Faculty....Pages 181-198 Teaching and Learning with Accented English....Pages 199-217 Conclusion....Pages 219-226 Back Matter....Pages 227-235 Written by an international team of academics and experienced practitioners, this volume brings together scholarship on international academic migrants to the United States - the world's top recipient of academic talent. Topics considered include migration patterns, adaptation challenges, and the role that international students and faculty play in broader internationalization and diversity agendas within US higher education. Past understandings of "brain drain" are insufficient to understand the transnational and often multi-directional flows of academic migrants today. Instead, a more nuanced understanding of their migration patterns and decision-making is essential if the opportunities presented by these cross-border flows are to be realized