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

by Virginia Stead (Editor), Khalid Arar (Volume Editor), Kussai Haj-Yehia (Volume Editor)

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.

Author Biography

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.