Internationalization within higher education and its influence on faculty: experiences of Turkish academic staff. (August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bedenlier, Svenja
• Is Part Of: Journal of research in international education. Volume 16:Number 2(2017)
• Page Start: 185
• Page End: 196
• Publication Date: 2017-08
• Subjects: Internationalization of higher education -- center and periphery -- Turkey -- academic faculty; International education -- Periodicals; Éducation internationale -- Périodiques; International education; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); Periodicals; 370.11705
• DOI: 10.1177/1475240917724272
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-2409

Abstract

In this article, findings are reported from a phenomenology-oriented study on prolonged international mobility and the effects of internationalization on the professional lives of six academic faculty at a Turkish research university. Drawing on research on international mobility of faculty and the present context of Turkish higher education, this investigation identifies three distinct phases of the sojourn abroad – motivation to go abroad, being abroad, repatriating to Turkey – being framed by the supportive and demanding culture of the specific institution. For the participants, ambivalently perceived effects at the individual, institutional and national level include networks gained, the imperative to publish in English, and the lack of a comprehensive national policy for internationalization.