THE PERIPATETIC PROFESSOR - THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION

The internationalisation of the academic profession is a growing, if l ittle studied, phenomenon, in contemporary higher education, and the a rticle studies attitudes and behavioural outcomes of academic staff fr om a range of countries in relation to this dimension. After brief all usions to past examples of academic staff mobility, a routine measure of internationalisation was used to divide the international Survey po pulation into two groups ('peripatetic' and 'indigenous'). Results ind icated significant differences in both values and performance, in a ra nge of areas. Substantial differences are also reported between many s ystems of higher education. The article concludes with some comparison s of other staff mobility schemes, and a defense of the worth of inter national experience for academic staff.