Students at the Get Engaged conference in 2025
Jonathan Becker, Vice Chancellor of Global Higher Education Alliance for the 21st Century, and Zar Sarmast, Civic Engagement Coordinator for GHEA21, write in
Times Higher Education about how civic action not only gives displaced students and refugees a sense of belonging and agency, it brings academic communities benefits such as cultural insight and leadership skills. They argue that integrating displaced students into higher education should be viewed as a means of redefining what universities could be, while encouraging them to interrogate their civic purpose and think beyond national boundaries.
Post Date: 11-19-2025