Computing Faculty Internationalization Perceptions: The Impact of Country and Covid-19

This article chronicles the third phase of a project investigating computing faculty internationalization perceptions.Our research focused on the following research question: Do significant differences exist amongst computing faculty members' perceptions of support for internationalization? The results of this phase are particularly interesting as the data of a pre-COVID-19 survey instrument are compared with a dataset collected during the pandemic.Specifically, this article focuses on whether the respondents' perceptions varied based on country of origin.ANOVA testing did not reveal any significant differences based on country of origin; however, when respondents were grouped into two groups (USA and outside USA) a difference was detected in financial support at 0.1 alpha level, [t(68) = -1.952,p = 0.0551], with the USA mean of 10.833 and the Outside USA mean of 8.972.Although it is impossible to state definitively that any factor caused the pattern of responses observed in our data, it seems plausible that the combination of vaccine rollouts, economic aid, and culture may have played a role in steering American respondents toward a more positive view of institutional support for internationalization.