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Title: Are Universities Responding to the Needs of Students from Refugee Backgrounds?
Author : Australian Journal of Education
Release Date : January 01, 2010
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 231 KB

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Introduction The diversity of the current student body in higher education poses new challenges in regard to engagement of students from refugee backgrounds for whom the university may be a culturally alienating place (Krause et al., 2005). One of the challenges that academics face is the paucity of research in relation to students from refugee backgrounds in Australia; in particular, the absence of literature on the learning styles and academic needs of African and Middle Eastern students.