| Autor: |
FRIEDMAN, JONATHAN Z., MILLER-IDRISS, CYNTHIA |
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Oxford Studies in Comparative Education; 2013, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p151-167, 17p |
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International mobility is central to the study of the world's cultures; yet, the quotidian ways in which it is fostered among scholars and university students are little understood. Focusing on the case of area studies centers - centers at American universities for the study of world regions - this chapter examines how these academic units serve as arbiters of global mobility, by serving both as gateways and as guest homes. In these dual and reciprocal roles, they facilitate fieldwork abroad for the students and faculty from their campuses, and host scholars from their regions of study in the USA. Drawing on a large cache of interviews with directors and administrators at 25 area studies centers from eight American universities, this chapter offers insight into the institutional factors that promote and constrict the flow of scholars across national borders. This chapter offers a unique contribution to existing scholarship, as rather than present mobility as an individual decision, this study explores the institutional dynamics that constrain the ways in which mobility is organized and facilitated. These processes are necessary to comprehend if internationalization as a broad project is to be advanced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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