Refugees and Higher Education: Trans-national Perspectives on Access, Equity and Internationalization
Refugees and Higher Education: Trans-national Perspectives on Access, Equity and Internationalization
Project Summary
Refugees and Higher Education provided a cross-disciplinary lens on one American university’s approach to studying the policies, practices, and experiences associated with the higher education of refugee background students. The focus was not only on refugee education as an issue of access and equity, but also on this phenomenon as seen through the lens of internationalization. The study asked: What competencies are called for among university faculty and staff welcoming refugee-background students to their institutional contexts? And how might “distance learning” be considered anew? The resulting book addresses key world regions, and sub-topics ranging from online education in refugee camps to the Brazilian and Colombian responses to the emerging crisis in Venezuela. Scholars researching refugee education cross-nationally often find that refugee education literature is parsed by disciplinary field. This project, in contrast, offered a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary overview of refugee education issues around the world.
Affiliated Center
BC Center for International Higher Education