Coming to America: Challenges for faculty coming to United States' universities

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-188

  Collins, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural differences; Foreign born faculty; US education system

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL RELATIONS; STUDENT; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149142284     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260701731215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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