Higher Education Challenges for Migrant and Refugee Students in a Global World

Khalid Arar (PhD) is President of Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Higher Education. His most recent book is Higher Education among the Palestinian Minority in Israel (with Kussai Haj-Yehia). He is the associate editor of the International Journal of Leadership in Education.Kussai Haj-Yehia (PhD) is the head of the Arab Academic Institute for Education at Beit Berl College, Israel. His books include Dream and Reality: Arab University Graduates from Germany and The Internationalization of Higher Education: Student's Mobility among Arabs in Israel (with Khalid Arar).David B. Ross (EdD) is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Nova Southeastern University who was named Professor of the Year (2015–2016). His most recent publications are Academic Entitlement and the K–20 System: The Importance of Implementing Policies to Better the Education System and The Increase of How Mass Media Coverage Manipulates Our Minds.Yasar Kondakci (PhD), is Associate Professor in Educational Administration and Planning in the Department of Educational Science at Middle East Technical University. He is currently an administrative board member of the Turkish Educational Administration Research and Development Association.

“Economic and political crises throughout the world have caused millions of people to seek refuge and better futures in other nations. «Higher Education Challenges for Migrant and Refugee Students in a Global World» is a thoughtful international understanding of many of the important limits and possibilities of higher education policies and practices for many of these people.”Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA

• 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.