education system, 61, 129, 190

American, 61, 198

English-dominated, 129

Prussian-type, 188

Hungarian, 190

English as a Foreign Language (EFL), xiv, 74, 85–86, 88–91, 93–94, 98–102, 189–190

ERASMUS (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University, Students), xv, 109, 111–113, 116–117

ethnocentrism, 55, 62, 65

Europe, xiii, 10, 13, 37, 73, 97, 100, 107–118

European Association for Quality Assurance (ENQA), 114

European Higher Education Area (EHEA), 110–111, 113, 115, 117–118

European universities, 33, 109

expatriate, (expatriate academics, expatriate scholars, expatriate researchers), 4, 8, 11, 20, 23–25, 36–37, 43, 62, 73–75, 79–80, 82–83, 86–87, 91, 100–102, 127, 244, 246, 248, 253, 268–269, 270, 272–273

expectations, 73–102

feminist educators, 210

good teacher, 17–18, 189, 199–201

heteroglossia, 169

hierarchical teacher-student relationship, 36, 190, 193, 195, 201, 210

host community, xvi, 9, 11, 30, 55–56, 63–64, 79

immigrant-expatriate biases, 91, 102

intercultural

communication, 43, 57, 65, 273, 275

education, 17, 65, 130

studies, 54

international students. See students

internationalization, 29

Internet, xvi–xvii, 37–41, 231, 265–266

Internet culture, 41

Internet work environment, 38

Italian academia, 43, 80–82, 84, 98–99, 102

L2 (second language), 28, 54, 128, 152, 155, 157

literacy, 129, 165, 168, 176, 226

loneliness, 62

Lunda Norte Province, 240, 243–244

mentorship programs, 274

Middle East, 15, 32, 247

mismatches, 5, 42, 274–275

mobility

academic, 107–118, 269

across culture, 4

global, 267, 269

professional, 112

staff, 107, 110–111, 113, 116, 119

teaching, teacher, 111, 116

modality, 169

modernization and development, 33

monoglossia, 169

MPLA (party), 243, 246–247

multiculturalism, 17, 20, 42, 59, 134, 219–220, 269–272