Working within the aspiring centre: Professional status and mobilities among migrant faculty In Singapore

• Main Authors: ORTIGA, Yasmin Y., CHOU, Meng-Hsuan, SONDHI, Gunjan, WANG, Jue
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• 主題: Academic mobility; Return migration; Faculty retention; Singapore; Asia; Asian Studies; Teacher Education and Professional Development
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2682
• 機構: Singapore Management University

This paper investigates the migration of Asia-born academics from traditional centers in the West to Singapore, a rapidly developing education hub in Southeast Asia. We argue that such movement can be seen as a form of quasi-return, where migrant faculty look for places where they can be “close enou...