Missing the Boat: The Failure to Internationalize American Higher Education

by Michael Nacht and Craufurd D. Goodwin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521100720
• ISBN13: 9780521100724
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"