Internationalization and Faculty Well-Being in Liberal Arts Colleges: An Often Neglected Issue in East Asia

Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss the issues of faculty well-being in higher education and in particular, in the liberal arts colleges of East Asia. In so doing, we draw on the extant psychosocial models of well-being. We then examine and discuss the findings of a recent faculty survey conducted in Japanese colleges whose goal was to tap into faculty members’ perceptions of their institutions’ policies and their own teaching and research regarding internationalization and liberal arts education. In the final section of the chapter, we make some recommendations for policies that will promote faculty well-being in East Asian liberal arts colleges.