Traumatized Home and Away: Toward a Framework for Interrogating Policy–Practice Disjunctures for Refugee Students in Higher Education

Abstract

This article argues that there are disjunctures between theory and practice related to the integration of refugee students in higher education. Using a theoretical approach, the article explores policy and approaches to refugee integration and identifies the causes of the theory–practice disjunctures. It suggests a framework that other researchers and practitioners can utilize to try to narrow the gap existing between what policy permits and what practice evidences.

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Notes on contributors

Felix Maringe

Felix Maringe is a professor of higher education at the WITS School of Education. He researches in higher education and has supervised many postgraduate international students including refugee students.

Emmanuel Ojo

Emmanuel Ojo is a lecturer at the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand. His research interest is in higher education and he has published a number of articles on internationalization of higher education. He supervises postgraduate students, as well including international students at the university.

Otilia Chiramba

Otilia Chiramba is a doctoral candidate at the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand. Her doctoral work focuses on refugee students in South African higher education.