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Dixit, Priya – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2021
This article examines (im)obility in the global visa regime through the experiences of a Global South academic working in the Global North. Drawing on an autoethnographic account of a visa application, this article outlines the ways in which the global visa regime negatively affects a Global South academic's life. Visa regulations constitute a…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Public Policy, College Faculty, Ethnography
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Mora, Eva Infante; Greenwood, Davydd; Ivanchikova, Melina; Castilla-Vázquez, Carmen; Cid-Rodríguez, Rafael; Díaz, Bartolomé Miranda; Flores-Macías, Gustavo A. – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2019
This section of the account of the action research and thorough reform of the CASA-Sevilla study abroad programme describes how the courses in the fields of anthropology, history and art / art history were changed. It explains why a pedagogical reform was needed, the choices faculty members made and the difficulties they faced. Transitioning to an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Active Learning, College Programs
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Balaban, Corina – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2018
This article discusses three kinds of mobility among early stage researchers: geographical mobility, mobility between disciplines -- or interdisciplinarity -- and cross-sectoral mobility. It focuses on how PhD fellows engage with and negotiate experiences of mobility. These types of mobility have largely been presented as inherently beneficial in…
Descriptors: Researchers, Interdisciplinary Approach, Doctoral Programs, Fellowships
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Davis, Dana-Ain – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2011
Neoliberal values and ideology, which have broadly undermined social justice ideals, have been inserted into a range of public spheres both in the U.S.A. and internationally. Public higher education institutions have increasingly acquiesced to neoliberal strategies, which restrict access to public services, commodify the public sphere and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Black Studies, Higher Education, Public Colleges
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Morrison, Emory; Rudd, Elizabeth; Nerad, Maresi – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2011
In this article, we analyse findings of the largest, most comprehensive survey of the career paths of social science PhD graduates to date, "Social Science PhDs--Five+Years Out (SS5)". "SS5" surveyed more than 3,000 graduates of U.S. PhD programmes in six social science fields six to ten years after earning their PhD. The…
Descriptors: Careers, Tenure, Females, Social Sciences
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Greenwood, Davydd J.; Levin, Morten – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2008
The core argument is that social science must re-examine its mission and praxis in order to be a significant player in future higher education. This article reviews the results and prospects arising from a four-year international project. Originating in Greenwood and Levin's concern about the social sciences, the project, funded by the Ford…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Sciences, Social Scientists