Participation of international faculty in the development of Russian universities
Abstract
The article presents results of the servey devoted to impacts of international staff members of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. It identifies the main directions of their activity and analyses their contribution to the university development. The servey highlights difficulties they face in their routine work as well as when they realize specific initiatives. It also presents the comparison of Russian and foreign practices of international faculty’s activities
Keywords
высшее образование,
национальные исследовательские университеты,
международные сотрудники вуза,
рынок труда академических работников,
интернационализация высшего образования,
higher education,
national research universities,
international university staff,
academics’ labour market,
higher education internationalization
About the Authors
B. V. Zhelezov
НИУ «Высшая школа экономики»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
A. V. Melikyan
НИУ «Высшая школа экономики»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Zhelezov B.V., Melikyan A.V. Participation of international faculty in the development of Russian universities. University Management: Practice and Analysis. 2012;(6):38-44. (In Russ.)
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