Review

Abstract

Navigating higher education is a process that requires knowledge about various guidelines and receiving support from multiple people. Refugees who are new to this journey face numerous challenges and complications that make their experience a harsh and strenuous one. This chapter highlights some issues refugees face when pursuing higher education. It recounts stories shared by refugees residing in different countries about their experiences in higher education and the obstacles they face. In doing so, it provides higher education organizations and practitioners with an all-inclusive idea about the various factors that impact refugees' access to higher education and raises awareness to the measures that need to be taken to provide refugees with the support they need to make higher education more accessible to them. Calling attention to the problems refugees encounter does not only emphasize the harsh reality they live but also accentuates their resilience and provides a lens that allows others to see what refugees can do and how they can set a role model for those undergoing similar situations.