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Refugees in Higher Education

Questioning the Notion of Integration
Higher Education Research and Science Studies

von: Jana Berg, Michael Grüttner, Bernhard Streitwieser
106,99 €
Verlag:	VS Verlag
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	20.07.2021
ISBN/EAN:	9783658333386
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

This edited volume addresses critical issues surrounding higher education access for students of refugee backgrounds. It combines a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives on the challenges, opportunities, experiences and expectations of refugee students, as well as some of the institutional frameworks that facilitate their access to higher education. Following a critical discussion of the notion of ‘integration’, the team of authors who are made up of academics and refugee students critically investigate higher education as an objective of as well as a means to greater inclusion and integration.   

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Questioning the notion of integration within higher education.- Study preparation, access and inclusion into higher education.- International and comparative Perspectives.

Autorenportrait

<div><div><b>Jana Berg </b>is a researcher at the DZHW-project 'WeGe' on access to higher education for refugees in Germany. Her research focusses on organizational responsiveness and forced migration.</div><div><b>Michael Grüttner </b>is a researcher at DZHW and the principal investigator of the DZHW-project 'WeGe' on access to higher education for refugees in Germany. He is a social scientist and has published recently in academic journals like “Higher Education”, “Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning”, and “Student Success”.</div><div><b>Bernhard Streitwieser </b>is Associate Professor of International Education and International Affairs and UNESCO co-Chair in International Education for Development at The George Washington University. His research focuses on international student exchange and study abroad, and access and integration of refugees and migrants into higher education.</div></div>

Sonderbeitrag

Interdisciplinary research on higher education in settlement contexts Critical reflections on higher education integration Multiple perspectives on individual and institutional levels