International Journal of Research and Reviews in Education
ISSN: 2056-9726
Vol. 5(1), pp. 1-11, April 2019
doi.org/10.33500/ijrre.2019.5.001

Mobilizing what should be mobilized: Inbound mobility in Moroccan higher education

Bani Koumachi

Department of English Studies,School of Arts and Humanities,Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco.

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: badrekoumachi@yahoo.com.

Received 12 February, 2019; Received in revised form 18 March, 2019; Accepted 21 March, 2019.

Keywords:
Academic mobility, Employability, Higher education, Pull and push factors.

Academic mobility has become a salient characteristic of academia as dynamic mobility network of scholars and academics existed even before the digital turn. A myriad of factors is behind such a movement and drive knowledge seekers to cross thousands of miles to hunt for better academic career opportunities. This study aims at discovering the different push and pull factors that are behind the decision of international academics to leave their home countries and choose a country like Morocco and an educational system like the Moroccan one, the perceived challenges this category of students faces, and the extent to which they contribute to their countries academic richness in terms of degree of employability. Thus, in response to the paucity of research on the experience of non-Moroccan “nationals” in Moroccan universities, the present study reports on 69 international academics, enrolled in doctorate programs, who have chosen Moroccan universities as academic destinations to join research laboratories for their post-graduate studies. Findings from such a study would be beneficial in drawing some recommendations to inform internationalization policies and practices especially in case of the existence of some elements of interculturality.

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