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The UN estimates that 1 million refugees have fled Ukraine in just one week. One of the most damaging and lasting impacts will be on education as millions see their learning disrupted: only 5% of refugee students globally are able to access higher education and that number will now rise. International students from Ukraine and those who are international students within Ukraine have also been affected. In this opening episode of the show, we learn first-hand from a Ukrainian student about the current situation, and we hear from an expert on refugee student issues on what this latest crisis means for the world's growing population of refugee students.
Kostyantyn Domaratskyy is an international student from Ukraine at Christian Brothers University in the U.S., where he is pursuing an MBA and is also an athlete.
Dr. Bernhard Streitwieser is Associate Professor of International Education & International Affairs and UNESCO co-Chair in International Education for Development at The George Washington University where his research focuses on access and integration of refugees and migrants into higher education. He is the founding director of the Refugee Educational Advancement Laboratory or REAL and writes extensively on these issues as well. His latest book is Higher Education in the Era of Migration, Displacement and Internationalization.
Episode Themes:
Ukrainian international students in the U.S. and how their campuses are supporting them
Ukrainian and Russian students in the U.S.: Separating the political from the personal
The current situation in Ukraine and the ongoing global refugee crisis
Challenges refugee students face as compared with international students
What U.S. groups are doing to support refugee students
A Ukrainian international student's message for the rest of the world
Resources from the episode:
A World of Refugees: The Outbreak of War in Ukraine
The Presidents' Alliance's RESPONSE Campaign
Other links:
America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibility
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