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Reflections of the Career of a University Expatriate

Edu Alliance Journal

But the outbound movement of Western scholars to non-Western settings has always been present, although less visible. In my own case, I came onto the academic job market in the early 1980s, a time of severe global recession when jobs in many fields, including higher education, were scarce. Import of laboratory equipment is costly.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Many faculty members worry that if graduate school is viewed as essentially a workplace, then research institutions will become less and less educational, and professors will increasingly treat their graduate students truly like staff, with no obligations to mentor or advise.