Barriers to higher education experienced by refugees and asylum seekers: a whistle-stop tour of scholarly perspectives from the United States

Clifton, N and Kushnir, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0727-7208, 2023. Barriers to higher education experienced by refugees and asylum seekers: a whistle-stop tour of scholarly perspectives from the United States. Education in the North, 30 (1), pp. 116-124. ISSN 2398-0184

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Abstract

This feature relies on a review of relevant literature (1) to interrogate the effectiveness of international ambitions in supporting higher education for different marginalised groups and how these efforts may contribute to alleviating the obstacles that refugees and asylum seekers experience with regard to higher education; and (2) to showcase examples from the United States (US) which demonstrate the extent to which the international meritocracy-related aspirations fall short in the face of multiple structural barriers that refugees and asylum seekers are left to overcome. This discussion is significant to contribute to the debate that questions the feasibility of meritocracy in the higher education sector, and thus, problematises the meaning of social justice in higher education.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Education in the North
Creators:	Clifton, N. and Kushnir, I.
Publisher:	University of Aberdeen, School of Education
Date:	7 September 2023
Volume:	30
Number:	1
ISSN:	2398-0184
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.26203/498p-m534 DOI 1806383 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jeremy Silvester
Date Added:	20 Sep 2023 10:51
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2023 10:51
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49767

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