Overworked and Underpaid: Why Foreign-Born Academics in Central Europe Cannot Focus on Innovative Research and Quality Teaching

Autor/in	Luczaj, Kamil
Titel	Overworked and Underpaid: Why Foreign-Born Academics in Central Europe Cannot Focus on Innovative Research and Quality Teaching
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 35 (2022) 1, S.42-62 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Luczaj, Kamil)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/s41307-020-00191-0
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Teacher Salaries; Foreign Countries; Living Standards; Teacher Attitudes; Faculty Mobility; Family Work Relationship; Universities; Educational Policy; Foreign Nationals; Income; Travel; Bilingual Education; Expenditures; Financial Support; Family Financial Resources; Innovation; Educational Quality; Research; Poland; Slovakia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Ausland; Lebensstandard; Lehrerverhalten; University; Universität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Einkommen; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Ausgaben; Finanzielle Förderung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Forschung; Polen; Slowakei
Abstract	This paper discusses the precariousness of an academic profession in contemporary Slovakia and Poland. Although some of the patterns have been previously studied, this analysis sheds new light on the problems of Polish and Slovak academia as seen by foreigners, who, according to official policy, are expected to contribute to the excellence of Polish academia. In reality, low wages and underfinanced universities often make their work very difficult. The analysis is focused mainly on the issues related to low salaries and ways that allow foreign-born employees to secure extra income necessary to maintain the desired standard of living. Even if, for some interviewees, local salary is sufficient to live in CEE, other academics have higher demands because of their family situation (e.g., "international children"), extra travel expenses for private purposes, or spending on bilingual education in Poland or Slovakia. Foreign-born academics living in Poland and Slovakia compensate for low salaries in three distinct ways discussed in the paper -- by taking various academic and non-academic extra jobs, acquiring external funding from their home country's government, or relying on family economic resources. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01