A better future : the role of higher education for displaced and marginalized people /
A better future : the role of higher education for displaced and marginalized people /
edited by Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University, Wenona Giles, York University, Faraaz Mahomed, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.
- xxiv, 480 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disparities in participation in higher education among migrants : a comparative perspective in OECD countries / Access to higher education and retention of students with a migrant background in the Netherlands : a comparative analysis / Roma in higher education : access denied / Higher education in exile : developing a sense of self, belonging and purpose for newcomer youth / Continuing inequalities in South African higher education : the changing complexities of race and class / Inequities in us higher education access and success : obstacles and opportunities for marginal populations / Exploring place : indigenous students in us higher education / Providing access to higher education for refugees in Europe : an opportunity to rethink the university and its role in the public sphere / The German case : an analysis of refugee student supports in higher education / Colombian distress migrants in Ecuador : limits to higher education / Transcending socio-cultural barriers : access to tertiary education of muslim minority youth in greece / Combating the exclusion and marginalisation of persons with intellectual disabilities in higher education in the United States / Invisible disabilities in South Africa's higher education sector : an analysis of the inclusion of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities / Now i constantly challenge society by bringing my existence forward' : creating counter-spaces/stories with sanctuary students transitioning to higher education in Toronto / Towards an emergent theory of fallism (and the fall of the white-liberal-university in South Africa) / Family sacrifice, faltering systems : the case of first-generation college students in Rajasthan / DACAmented : impossible realities, deferred actions, delegated dreams and stories of resilience / Building ethical relationships through the borderless higher education for refugees project in Dadaab, Kenya / The `jungle' is here; the jungle is outside : university teaching in the Calais refugee camp / Culture, gender and technology : mediating teacher training using text messaging in refugee camps / Gabriele Marconi -- Frans Lelie -- Jacqueline Bhabha -- Sarah Dryden-Peterson -- Crain Soudien -- Richard Kazis -- Melvin E. Monette-Barajas -- Prem Kumar Rajaram -- Lisa Unangst -- Elizabeth Donger -- Thalia Dragonas -- Michael Ashley Stein -- Faraaz Mahomed -- Tanya Aberman -- A. Kayum Ahmed -- Aditi Krishna -- Roberto G. Gonzales -- Wenona Giles -- Tahir Zaman -- Sarah Dryden-Peterson. Part I. ENCOUNTERING MARGINALISATION: DISPARITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE BROADER SOCIETY -- Part II. DECONSTRUCTING MARGINALISATION: POLITICAL AND LEGAL SOLUTIONS TO MARGIN ALISATI ON AND THEIR LIMITATIONS -- Part III. CONFRONTING MARGINALISATION: NARRATIVES OF AFFECTED STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS AND INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION SETTINGS --
"The importance of primary and secondary education as fundamental drivers of empowerment, achievement and inclusion, is widely acknowledged. So is the increasing need for higher education (HE) - education that extends beyond secondary school graduation and that delivers academic, technical or professional instruction - as an essential prerequisite for advancement in contemporary, global society. A single data point from the US provides compelling proof: the gap between the earnings of high school and college graduates doubled between 1980 and 2000 (Kazis, in this volume). Yet access to the benefits of higher education remains particularly skewed in favour of dominant majorities. Little attention has been paid to the impact of this form of educational exclusion on marginalised or otherwise disadvantaged populations, whether they are in the global North or South"--
9781108655101
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Educational equalization.
378.086/94 / B 565
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disparities in participation in higher education among migrants : a comparative perspective in OECD countries / Access to higher education and retention of students with a migrant background in the Netherlands : a comparative analysis / Roma in higher education : access denied / Higher education in exile : developing a sense of self, belonging and purpose for newcomer youth / Continuing inequalities in South African higher education : the changing complexities of race and class / Inequities in us higher education access and success : obstacles and opportunities for marginal populations / Exploring place : indigenous students in us higher education / Providing access to higher education for refugees in Europe : an opportunity to rethink the university and its role in the public sphere / The German case : an analysis of refugee student supports in higher education / Colombian distress migrants in Ecuador : limits to higher education / Transcending socio-cultural barriers : access to tertiary education of muslim minority youth in greece / Combating the exclusion and marginalisation of persons with intellectual disabilities in higher education in the United States / Invisible disabilities in South Africa's higher education sector : an analysis of the inclusion of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities / Now i constantly challenge society by bringing my existence forward' : creating counter-spaces/stories with sanctuary students transitioning to higher education in Toronto / Towards an emergent theory of fallism (and the fall of the white-liberal-university in South Africa) / Family sacrifice, faltering systems : the case of first-generation college students in Rajasthan / DACAmented : impossible realities, deferred actions, delegated dreams and stories of resilience / Building ethical relationships through the borderless higher education for refugees project in Dadaab, Kenya / The `jungle' is here; the jungle is outside : university teaching in the Calais refugee camp / Culture, gender and technology : mediating teacher training using text messaging in refugee camps / Gabriele Marconi -- Frans Lelie -- Jacqueline Bhabha -- Sarah Dryden-Peterson -- Crain Soudien -- Richard Kazis -- Melvin E. Monette-Barajas -- Prem Kumar Rajaram -- Lisa Unangst -- Elizabeth Donger -- Thalia Dragonas -- Michael Ashley Stein -- Faraaz Mahomed -- Tanya Aberman -- A. Kayum Ahmed -- Aditi Krishna -- Roberto G. Gonzales -- Wenona Giles -- Tahir Zaman -- Sarah Dryden-Peterson. Part I. ENCOUNTERING MARGINALISATION: DISPARITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE BROADER SOCIETY -- Part II. DECONSTRUCTING MARGINALISATION: POLITICAL AND LEGAL SOLUTIONS TO MARGIN ALISATI ON AND THEIR LIMITATIONS -- Part III. CONFRONTING MARGINALISATION: NARRATIVES OF AFFECTED STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS AND INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION SETTINGS --
"The importance of primary and secondary education as fundamental drivers of empowerment, achievement and inclusion, is widely acknowledged. So is the increasing need for higher education (HE) - education that extends beyond secondary school graduation and that delivers academic, technical or professional instruction - as an essential prerequisite for advancement in contemporary, global society. A single data point from the US provides compelling proof: the gap between the earnings of high school and college graduates doubled between 1980 and 2000 (Kazis, in this volume). Yet access to the benefits of higher education remains particularly skewed in favour of dominant majorities. Little attention has been paid to the impact of this form of educational exclusion on marginalised or otherwise disadvantaged populations, whether they are in the global North or South"--
9781108655101
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Educational equalization.
378.086/94 / B 565