A Better Future: The Role of Higher Education for Displaced and Marginalised People

ISBN-13: 9781108738996 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 496 str.

Massachusetts) Jacqueline Bhabha (Harvard University; Toronto) Wenona Giles (York University;Faraaz Mahomed

Opis

Written for policy makers, advocates, and scholars looking into social justice, this book tackles a prevalent barrier to equality. It offers an interdisciplinary overview of exclusion from higher education and its impact on marginalized groups, including refugees, indigenous populations, people with disabilities, and racial or ethnic minorities.

Spis treści

Introduction Jacqueline Bhabha, Wenona Giles and Faraaz Mahomed; Part I. Encountering Marginalisation: Disparities in Higher Education and Broader Society: 1. Disparities in participation in higher education among migrants: a comparative perspective in OECD countries Francesca Borgonovi and Gabriele Marconi; 2. Access to higher education and retention of students with a migrant background in the Netherlands: a comparative analysis Maurice Crul and Frans Lelie; 3. Roma in higher education: access denied Margareta Matache, Tanja Jovanovic, Simona Barbu and Jacqueline Bhabha; 4. Higher education in exile: developing a sense of self, belonging, and purpose for newcomer youth Vidur Chopra and Sarah Dryden-Peterson; 5. Continuing inequalities in South African higher education: the changing complexities of race and class Crain Soudien; 6. Inequities in US higher education access and success: obstacles and opportunities for marginal populations Richard Kazis; 7. Exploring place: indigenous students in US higher education John L. Garland, Charlotte E. Davidson and Melvin E. Monette-Barajas; Part II. Deconstructing Marginalisation: Political and Legal Solutions to Marginalisation, and their Limitations: 8. Providing access to higher education for refugees in Europe: an opportunity to rethink the university and its role in the public sphere Prem Kumar Rajaram; 9. The German case: an analysis of refugee student supports in higher education Lisa Unangst; 10. Colombian distress migrants in Ecuador: limits to higher education Elizabeth Donger; 11. Transcending socio-cultural barriers: access to tertiary education of Muslim minority youth in Greece Nelly Askouni and Thalia Dragonas; 12. Combating the exclusion and marginalization of persons with intellectual disabilities in higher education in the United States Matthew S. Smith and Michael Ashley Stein; 13. 'Invisible' disabilities in South Africa's higher education sector: an analysis of the inclusion of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities Faraaz Mahomed; Part III. Confronting Marginalisation: Narratives of Affected Students and Educators and Innovations in Higher Education Settings: 14. 'Now I constantly challenge society by bringing my existence forward': creating counter spaces/stories with Sanctuary students transitioning to higher education in Toronto Paloma E. Villegas and Tanya Aberman; 15. Toward an emergent theory of fallism [and the fall of the white-liberal-university in South Africa] A. Kayum Ahmed; 16. Family sacrifice, faltering systems: the case of first generation college students in Rajasthan Orla Kelly, Jacqueline Bhabha and Aditi Krishna; 17. DACAmented: impossible realities, deferred actions, delegated dreams, and stories of resilience Carlos Aguilar and Roberto G. Gonzales; 18. Building ethical relationships through the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees project in Dadaab, Kenya Wangui Kimari and Wenona Giles; 19. The 'Jungle' is here; the jungle is outside: university teaching in the Calais refugee camp Corinne Squire and Tahir Zaman; 20. Culture, gender, and technology: mediating teacher training using text messaging in refugee camps Dacia Douhaibi, Negin Dahya, Olivier Arvisais and Sarah Dryden-Peterson.