This book discusses digital learning opportunities in higher education for refugees with different educational, social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Based on findings from practical studies and research projects from several countries, the book highlights the numerous challenges when it comes to the successful integration of refugees into higher education. These challenges arise at both the individual and the institutional level. The contributions included in this book show how these challenges can be effectively met using digital teaching-learning platforms. The work thus offers a comprehensive insight into the opportunities online-based learning platforms offer regarding the successful integration of refugees into higher education

Overall, the research presented in this volume is relevant for political stakeholders, university practitioners in the field of migration research, university research, and online and digital learning.

 

Professor Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanska has been Professor of Business and Economics Education at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany) since 2006 and heads the SUCCESS project (Study Success of Students with a Refugee Background). She is a fellow of the International Academy of Education and directed the nationwide research programme Modeling and Measuring Competencies in Higher Education Validation and Methodological Innovations (KoKoHs). Her research revolves on various topics of student learning and higher education, e.g. professionalism in teaching, the implementation of education policy reform programs and the international comparison of educational systems. The question of how learning is to be designed in the future using new digital technologies is a central part of her research.

Dr. Roland Happ is a research assistant at the Chair of Business and Economics  Education at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz (Germany). He is a co-principal investigator of the SUCCESS project. His research focuses on the knowledge acquisition in different subjects (economics, business, political science etc.) of young adults who are at the transition from school to university. In this research context, he also focuses on assessing both German- and English- language skills and their impact on students domain-specific learning.

Sarah Nell-Müller is a research associate at the Chair of Business and Economics Education at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz (Germany). She has been working on the SUCCESS research project since 2017. She focuses on qualitative studies and analyses on the educational pathways of refugees with a study interest.

1. Experiences of Refugees when Entering Higher Education and over the Course of their Studies: A Literature Review of Structural and Personal Challenges; Sarah Nell-Müller, Roland Happ, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia& Franziska Reinhardt.- 2. Learning with and from People Living in Displacement: The Promise of Borderless Higher Education; Don Dippo.-3. Rebuilding Sustainable Communities through Higher Education in Emergencies; Barbara Moser-Mercer.- 4. Study Success and Opportunities for Refugees in Higher Education An Effectiveness Analysis; Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Sarah Nell-Müller, Dr. Roland Happ, Franziska Reinhardt& Jennifer Fischer.- 5. Refugees Pathways to Higher Education Digital Support to bridge the gap between Intentions and Realities; Patricia Arnold& Belma Halkic.- 6. Linguistic Entry Requirements of Students with a Refugee Background; Roland Happ, Tobias Deribo, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia& Franziska Reinhardt.