Digital Approaches to Promoting Integration in Higher Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Digital Approaches to Integrating Refugees into Higher Education—Frontiers and Advances

   • Sarah Nell-Müller, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Roland Happ

   Pages 1-11

3. Institutional and Individual Study-Related Challenges for Refugees: International Experiences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Rebuilding Sustainable Communities Through Higher Education in Emergencies

      • Barbara Moser-Mercer

      Pages 15-20

   3. Learning with and from People Living in Displacement: The Promise of Borderless Higher Education

      • Don Dippo

      Pages 21-29

   4. 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

      Pages 31-68

4. Insights From the Success Project and Practical Implications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Study Success and Opportunities for Refugees in Higher Education – an Effectiveness Analysis

      • Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Sarah Nell-Müller, Roland Happ, Franziska Reinhardt, Jennifer Fischer

      Pages 71-90

   3. Refugees’ Pathways to Higher Education—Digital Support Between Intentions and Realities

      • Belma Halkic, Patricia Arnold

      Pages 91-116

   4. Identification of Vulnerable Groups in Terms of Language Proficiency in Higher Education

      • Roland Happ, Tobias Deribo, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Franziska Reinhardt

      Pages 117-130

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.

 

• study success
• MOOC-based online learning
• digital learning
• people living in displacement
• borderless higher education
• opportunities for refugees in higher education
• language entry requirements for refugee students
• language skills of university students
• migrated students
• students residing in refugee camps
• inclusive global classroom environments

• Faculty of Law, Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

  Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Sarah Nell-Müller

• Business Education and Management Training, Economics and Management Science, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

  Roland Happ

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.

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