Refugees and Higher Education - (Global Perspectives on Higher Education) (Paperback)

About the Book

Refugees and Higher Education provides 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.

Book Synopsis

Refugees and Higher Education provides 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.

About the Author

Lisa Unangst is a PhD candidate in Higher Education at Boston College. She has published in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management and Policy Reviews in Higher Education. Her research focuses on refugee education in Germany and elsewhere.

Hakan Ergin is a Lecturer at Istanbul University. He previously completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College. His research interests include internationalization of higher education, adult education, migration, right to education and distance learning.

Araz Khajarian is a master's student at Boston College. She earned her B.A. from Salve Regina University after previous study at the Higher Institute of Business Administration in Damascus. Her thesis examines context-relativity in organizational culture at a Jordanian university.

Tessa DeLaquil is a Ph.D. student and research assistant at CIHE, Boston College. Her research interests include the philosophy of higher education and religious pluralism. She previously attended Queen's University and the Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Hans de Wit has published many articles on international higher education and was founding editor of the Journal of Studies in International Education and founding member of the European Association for International Education. He is Director of Boston College's CIHE.