Discusses the intercultural effects on college faculty teaching abroad through an exploration of the experiences of two teaching academics working in Hong Kong with emphasis on issues of language and communication and social and cultural distance. Argues that the development of intercultural understandings must permeate the curricula, and be a…

In the context of Australia's efforts to recruit students from other countries for its higher education institutions, the educational attitudes and expectations of Hong Kong students and the ways in which Australian institutions can meet their needs are discussed. (MSE)