Refugee Education

Enakshi Sengupta is Dean of the College of Business at the AmericanUniversity of Kurdistan, Iraq. She is a senior editor of the Journal of AppliedResearch in Higher Education, and she serves as the vice chairof the Editorial Advisory Board for the Innovation in Higher Education Teachingand Learning series.Patrick Blessinger is the founder, executive director, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL) and an adjunct associate professor in the School of Education at St. John's University, USA. Dr. Blessinger is the editor-in-chief of two international academic journals and two international book series on higher education.

• ForewordPART I: The Challenges Introduction to Refugee Education: Integration and Acceptance of Refugees in Mainstream Society; Enakshi Sengupta and Patrick Blessinger Managing Trauma: A Restorative Process; Frida Rundell, Alia Sheety and Vidia Negrea The Non-Formal Education Practices Tackle the Challenge of Refugee Children in Israel; Eliyahu-Levi Dolly and Ganz-Mieshar Michal Refugee Healthcare Professionals Education and Training – Reache North West as a Case Study; Duncan Cross Reconfiguring Public Life: Refugee Education as Joint Inquiry; Elenore Long and Tarnjeet Kaur Kang At the Borders of Italian Local Welfare. Unaccompanied Refugee Children in South Italy: Between Persistence and Changes in Politics and Policies; Emanuela Chiodo Teaching One Another: Connecting University Students to Promote Diversity; Heidi Adele Sackreiter PART II: Creating a Support System  Support for the Transition of Refugees and Victims of Torture into the Labor Market through Access to Higher Education; Jaswant Kaur Bajwa, Sean Kidd, Sidonia Couto, Natasha Lidkea, Mulugeta Abai, Abby Jackman and Kwame McKenzie Socio-Cultural Factors That Support the Successful Transition of Refugees from Middle School to College; Sandy Bargainnier, Anneke McEvoy, Zarina Smith, Megan Brown, Najah Zaaeed and Jessica Maureen Harris Kakuma Refugee Camp: Where Knowledge and Hope Resides; Staci B. Martin, Daud I. Warsame, Christophe Bigirimana, Vestine U. Lajustine, Gerawork Teferra, Abdirahman S. Abdi and John O. Taban James Madison University Sowing the Seeds of C.A.R.E. (Creativity and Reading Education) within the Harrisonburg Refugee Community; Kara M. Kavanagh and Holly McCartney Supporting Children's Development in Refugee Camps; Janet Harvell and Alison Prowle School Leaders and Refugee Students; James P Hogue Using Art as a Vehicle of Hope and Understanding: Messages of Youth in the United States and Africa; Noël Bezette-Flores and Karine Parker The Role of Colleges and Universities in Providing Support to Students from Refugee Backgrounds in the United States; Vivienne Felix About the AuthorsIndex

Educators and refugee advocates present case studies of dialogue between refugees and host governments and local communities. Among them are non-formal education practices tackling the challenge of refugee children is Israel, at the borders of Italian local welfare: unaccompanied refugee children ind South Italy: between persistence and change in politics and policies, support for the transition of refugees and victims of torture into the labor market through access to higher education, James Madison University sowing the seeds of CARE (creativity and reading education) within the Harrisonburg refugee community, and using art as a vehicle of hope and understanding: messages from youth in the US and Africa.