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Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
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. The focus is not only on refugee
education as an issue of access and equity, but also on this
phenomenon as seen through the lens of internationalization. What
competencies are called for among university faculty and staff
welcoming refugee-background students to their institutional
contexts? How might "distance learning" be considered anew? These
challenges and opportunities for institutional growth will be
closely considered by this group of authors from educational
leadership, social work, curriculum development, and higher
education itself. They address key world regions, and sub-topics
ranging from online education in refugee camps to the Brazilian and
Colombian responses to the emerging crisis in Venezuela. Scholars
researching refugee education cross-nationally often find that
refugee education literature is parsed by disciplinary field. This
book, in contrast, offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary
overview of refugee education issues around the world. These
perspectives also provide key insights for faculty and staff at
higher education institutions that currently enroll asylees or
refugees, as well as those that may do so in the future.
In 2015, Laura Rumbley put forward the notion that higher
education-in a highly complex, globally interdependent world-would
be wise to commit to an agenda of "intelligent
internationalization" (I2). I2 turns on the notion that "the
development of a thoughtful alliance between the research,
practitioner, and policy communities," in tandem with key decision
makers in leadership roles, is essential for institutions and
systems of higher education seeking sustained relevance and
vitality through their internationalization efforts. Does
"intelligent internationalization" make sense? What is faulty,
misguided, or missing from this analysis that could be strengthened
through further consideration? On the other hand, what speaks to
its value as an idea or agenda to advance the way that
internationalization is understood and enacted in the world? These
issues will be addressed in this book which builds on a 2018
Symposium on Intelligent Internationalization.
New Directions in the Economics of Higher Education provides an
overview of the vibrant and growing field of the economics of
higher education. The text assesses the full breadth of the topic,
including the returns to higher education, college attendance and
completion, higher education financing, educational production, and
the market for higher education. This comprehensive literature
review puts the collected papers into the perspective of
developments in the wider literature on the economics of higher
education over the past decade.
This book examines language education policy in European
migrant-hosting countries. By applying the Multiple Streams
Framework to detailed case studies on Austria and Italy, it sheds
light on the factors and processes that innovate education policy.
The book illustrates an education policy design that values
language diversity and inclusion, and compares underlying
policymaking processes with less innovative experiences. Combining
empirical analysis and qualitative research methods, it assesses
the ways in which language is intrinsically linked to identity and
political power within societies, and how language policy and
migration might become a firmer part of European policy agendas.
Sitting at the intersection between policy studies, language
education studies and integration studies, the book offers
recommendations for how education policy can promote a more
inclusive society. It will appeal to scholars, practitioners and
students who have an interest in policymaking, education policy and
migrant integration.
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