@article {1309512, title = {International Faculty in American Universities: Experiences of Academic Life, Productivity, and Career Mobility}, journal = {New Directions for Institutional Research}, volume = {155}, year = {2012}, pages = {27-46}, abstract = { In the past 20 years, the number of international faculty members at American universities has continued to increase rapidly. This growth is evident in data showing that the proportional representation of foreign-born faculty easily surpasses that of domestic underrepresented racial/ethnic groups. The increasing presence of international faculty members is validated using multiple data sources, and their professional experience is examined in terms of the perception of academic life, productivity, and career mobility. The primary interest of this chapter on international faculty and their professional experiences in U.S. higher education institutions is based on the assumption that international faculty are considered to be different than domestic faculty in their academic experiences, largely due to their cultural, educational, and language backgrounds.\  }, url = {https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ984272}, author = {Dongbin Kim and Susan Twombly and Wolf-Wendel, Lisa} }