Higher Education and the Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-53341-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 213 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 3894 g

Higher Education and the Palestinian Minority in Israel examines perceptions concerning the characteristics of higher education acquisition in the indigenous Palestinian Arab minority in Israel. Arar and Haj-Yehia show that Palestinian Arabs in Israel clearly understand the benefit of an academic degree as a lever for social status and integration within the state of Israel. The authors discuss difficulties met by Palestinian high school graduates when they attempt to enter Israel's higher education institutes, and the alternative phenomenon of studying abroad. The cultural difference between Palestinian traditional communities and 'Western' Israeli campuses exposes Arab students to a mix of ethnicities and nationalities, which proves to be a difficult, transformative experience. The book analyzes patterns of higher education acquisition among the indigenous Palestinian minority, describing the disciplines they choose, the challenges they encounter, particularly for Palestinian women students, and explore the implications for the Palestinian minority and Israeli society.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haj-Yehia, Kussai

Arar, Khalid

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Context of the Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel
2. Access to Higher Education among Minorities
3. Trends in Higher Education among the PAMI
4. Higher Education Abroad: The Case of the PAMI
5. Higher education and PAMI Students' Identity Formation
6. Employment Prospects of PAMI Graduates
7. Policy and Initiatives to Widen Access to Higher Education for the PAMI

Über Autor(innen)

Khalid Arar is Senior Lecturer at the Center for Academic Studies and co-head of the Master's program in Education Administration at Sakhnin Academic College, Israel.
 
Kussai Haj-Yehia is Senior Lecturer and head of the Master's degree program in Education and Arab Culture at Beit Berl Academic College, Israel.