Full Description
Higher Education Challenges for Migrant and Refugee Students in a Global World informs readers of theory, policy and practice of refugee and migrant equitable access to higher education, especially indicating how policy makers, educational leaders and practitioners can support refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrants' inclusion in higher education institutions in the global world. The chapters composing each section of this book constitute a compilation of research addressing experience relating to the overwhelming flow of refugee and asylum seekers in various higher education systems. There are 41 contributors located in 12 countries (Austria, Canada, Czechia, Germany, Holland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Palestine, Turkey and the United States) who deal with the topics of refugees and immigrants in higher education in different world regions, including Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America.
Contents
Figures and Tables - Acknowledgments - Hans de Wit: Foreword: Refugees, Migrants and Global Challenges in Higher Education: A Call for Connection and Attention! - Khalid Arar/Kussai Haj-Yehia/David B. Ros/Yasar Kondakci: Preface - Khalid Arar/Kussai Haj-Yehia/David B. Ross/Yasar Kondakci: Introduction: Higher Education Challenges for Migrant and Refugee Students in a Global World - Section I: Higher Education, Theory, Policy and Integration of Migrants and Refugees - Iris BenDavid-Hadar: Refugees in Higher Education - Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant: Higher Education as an Instrument of Social Inclusion for Displaced Students and Refugees - Duncan Waite/Jason R. Swisher: In the United States, Is There a Home and Access to Higher Education for Migrants, Immigrants and Refugees? - Ann Toler Hilliard: Effective Leadership: U.S. Educational Institutions Can Accommodate Immigrants, Refugees and Displaced Students - Bryce Loo: North American Policy and Practice: Refugee Qualifications and Access to Higher Education - Valerie MOMO: From Brain Drain to Return Migration and Brain Gain in Africa: A Three-Level Theoretical Analysis - Section II: Addressing the Crisis of Higher Education for Refugee and Immigrant Students - Bernhard Streitwieser/Maria Anne Schmidt/Lukas Brueck/Katharina Marlen Gläsener: Not Quite a Crisis but a Coping Challenge: How Berlin Universities Responded to the 2015-2016 Refugee Influx - Daniel D. Liou/Tamara Coronella/Raquel Fong/Lindsay Romasanta: The Influence of the 'Trump Effect' on Latina Immigrant Student Aspirations and Expectations for STEM Achievement - Terezie Vávrová/Dana Moree: Student Immigrants and NGO Activists in the Same Boat - Lisa Unangst/Hans de Wit: Refugees in the German Tertiary Sector: Mapping Service Gaps at Research Universities - Brynja Elisabeth Halldórsdóttir/Jón Ingvar Kjaran: Getting a 'Feel for the Game': How Do (Im)Migrant Students in Iceland Experience Higher Education and Gain Access to the Field? - Yasar Kondakci/Ozgur Onen: Migrants, Refugees and Higher Education in Turkey - Section III: Special Practical Cases of Higher Education Accessibility for Migrants and Refugees - Khalid Arar/Kussai Haj-Yehia/Fadiya Ibrahim/Muhammad Khalaily: Circular Migration and the Former USSR: Experiences and Conflicts of Graduates from the Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel - Maricris R. Eleno-Orama/David B. Ross: Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Students in STEM Programs: Examining Student-Faculty Interactions - Jennifer W. Khamasi/Cynthia C. Nicol, Samson N. Madera/Karen Meyer: Living, Learning and Teaching in a Refugee Camp: Biographies of Perseverance - Seyda Subasi/Michelle Proyer/Tatjana Atanasoska: Re-Accessing Higher Education: Regulations and Challenges for Refugees in Austria and Turkey - Jennifer Riggan/Amanda Poole: Higher Education, Hospitality and Onward Movement: Eritrean University Students and Ethiopian Refugee Policy - Zeynel Amaç/Durmuş Burak/Muhammet Ruhat Yaşar: Higher Education Experiences of a Female Syrian Refugee Student: Aisha's Student Journey - Kussai Haj-Yehia/Khalid Arar: Arab World Refugee Challenges in Higher Education: The Case of Syrian Refugee Students in Jordan - Contributors - Index.
