Making Higher Education Part of the Humanitarian Response to Refugees

Rasha Faek’s article in Al-Fanar Media discusses various efforts by the international community to help meet the needs of university-age youth displaced by the conflict in Syria. Methods range from providing scholarships and encouraging countries hosting refugees to admit Syrian students into their universities to delivering learning opportunities directly to the camps. IIE’s "From Camps to Campus" pilot project, which will provide scholarships to students from the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan to continue their education at nearby universities, is cited as an example of supporting host communities.