The Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Project: Enabling Refugee and Local Kenyan Students in Dadaab to Transition to University Education

This field note examines some of the challenges experienced by students living in and near the Dadaab refugee camps in northeastern Kenya who were making the transition from secondary school to university programs. The students were enrolled in courses offered by two Kenyan and two Canadian universi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giles, Wenona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) 2018-01-01
Series:Journal on Education in Emergencies
Online Access:https://archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/42485
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Summary:This field note examines some of the challenges experienced by students living in and near the Dadaab refugee camps in northeastern Kenya who were making the transition from secondary school to university programs. The students were enrolled in courses offered by two Kenyan and two Canadian universities that were partners in the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees project. The context of Dadaab and the structure of the pilot project are also explored.
ISSN:2518-6833