Why refugee students are more likely to drop out of pre-university programs
with Jana Berg
As refugee students increasingly pursue higher education, it is crucial to understand their unique needs and challenges. Jana Berg (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Germany) explores the factors influencing refugee students' dropout intentions in pre-study programs, which reveals an interplay of financial constraints, perceived exclusion, and language proficiency.
Episode based on the article
University Applicants from Refugee Backgrounds and the Intention to Drop Out from Pre‐Study Programs: A Mixed‐Methods Study
By Michael Grüttner, Stefanie Schröder, and Jana Berg
Podcast Version
Recommended Materials
- The documentary movie Who You Were Yesterday shows the experiences of four young people who move from Dzaleka Refugee Cam to Canada to obtain higher education there.
- The Refugee Law Project in Uganda has published a Podcast on the experience of refugee students. It addresses higher education access in Uganda and experience with a blended learning program.
- For people wanting to explore academic literature on the topic, the Australian Refugee Education Special Interest Research Group is currently putting together an updated version of their open access annotated bibliography of scientific literature on refugee students.
About the Speaker
Jana Berg is a Researcher at German Centre for Higher Education Studies and Science Research (DZHW) in Hannover, Germany. Before that, she studied Sociology (M.A.) and Linguistics (B.A.) at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz and the University of Vienna. Her research focuses on science communication, organisational responsiveness and forced migration.