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Higher education has been a source of opportunity and achievement for migrants and refugees around the world. It has provided them with the tools and knowledge to pursue careers and build lives in their new communities, but it has also made them targets for discrimination. Colleges and universities are often ill-equipped to address the unique educational needs of their diverse student populations, and many times, the very institution that was meant to be a safe haven for them becomes their greatest barrier to success. Today, we are witnessing a crisis of higher education for migrants and refugees. Global Perspectives on the Difficulties and Opportunities Faced by Migrant and Refugee Students in Higher Education focuses on the formal and informal educational opportunities that are available to migrant students, as well as the barriers that prevent them from fully accessing these opportunities. The book also discusses how the experiences of migrant and refugee students in higher education have evolved and the impact that this evolution has had on their educational experiences. Finally, the book considers the ways in which higher education institutions have responded to the educational needs of migrant and refugee students and the role that the education industry has played in this response both formally and informally. Covering key topics such as immigration, educational needs, and displaced students, this premier reference source is ideal for administrators, policymakers, scholars, researchers, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

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Sameerah Tawfeeq Saeed is a Ph.D. holder from Newcastle University, UK in Theoretical Linguistics. She acted as the Director of Quality Assurance at Tishk International University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq during 2017-2021. She has also served as the Director of Quality Assurance and Accreditation at Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kurdistan Region-Iraq. During her role as Director of Quality Assurance, she has contributed to the establishment of quality assurance systems in Kurdistan higher education institutions. Dr Saeed is the Country Delegate of Kurdistan-Iraq at the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL). Her research interests include issues of Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Universities Ranking, service-learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntactic-Semantic Analysis of Various Grammatical Categories, and Linguistic Typology. She has also served as reviewers for many journals, and the author of several articles, and chapters. She has been involved in a variety of joint projects relating to these topics, and this inspires her to continue contributing to these topics in the future. Min Zhang is an economist and international relations expert with a PhD in economics from Université Paris VIII. Her research areas focus on the evolutions of growth theories and growth factors. She has been working as a programme coordinator at United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), focusing on system strengthening in higher education and inclusion policies relevant to tertiary and higher education, particularly towards the crisis-affected displaced populations. She also holds experiences and expertise in other fields of international relations, such as disarmament and other peace security-related issues.

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