Book contents
- A Better Future
- A Better Future
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Encountering Marginalisation
- Part II Deconstructing Marginalisation
- Chapter 8 Providing Access to Higher Education for Refugees in Europe
- Chapter 9 The German Case
- Chapter 10 Colombian Distress Migrants in Ecuador
- Chapter 11 Transcending Socio-cultural Barriers
- Chapter 12 Combating the Exclusion and Marginalisation of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Higher Education in the United States
- Chapter 13 ‘Invisible’ Disabilities in South Africa’s Higher Education Sector
- Part III Confronting Marginalisation
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - The German Case
An Analysis of Refugee Student Supports in Higher Education
from Part II - Deconstructing Marginalisation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 September 2020
- A Better Future
- A Better Future
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Encountering Marginalisation
- Part II Deconstructing Marginalisation
- Chapter 8 Providing Access to Higher Education for Refugees in Europe
- Chapter 9 The German Case
- Chapter 10 Colombian Distress Migrants in Ecuador
- Chapter 11 Transcending Socio-cultural Barriers
- Chapter 12 Combating the Exclusion and Marginalisation of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Higher Education in the United States
- Chapter 13 ‘Invisible’ Disabilities in South Africa’s Higher Education Sector
- Part III Confronting Marginalisation
- Index
- References
Summary
Germany has frequently been cited as a case study in the contemporary dialogue around refugee higher education. Much of the emerging literature that focuses on refugee education in Germany has dealt with access to higher education institutions (HEIs), profiling ‘pathway’ or ‘bridging’ programmes that prepare students for higher education and are familiar in other national settings. This chapter seeks to take a somewhat different approach, employing quantitative textual analysis to parse the webpages of sixteen German universities – one per federal state – that represent the ‘home page’ for refugee services at the given HEI. A particular focus of this research is on the question of whether and how women are reflected in the institutional initiatives represented on refugee ‘home pages’. In quantifying the language used and supports offered across HEIs, the distinct policy contexts and diffusion of information available to prospective university entrants become clear. In short, the results of quantitative textual analysis reflect the disjointed nature of refugee student information and services at this sub-set of German research universities.
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- A Better FutureThe Role of Higher Education for Displaced and Marginalised People, pp. 197 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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