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Presidents' Aliiance

This webinar will bring together refugee college access programs from cities and communities across the United States to share about their work and experiences advancing refugee student access to U.S. colleges & universities. Higher education leaders and practitioners are invited to learn about opportunities and resources to make their campuses more accessible to refugee students and how to find and partner with organizations in your community. This structured conversation with refugee college access programs aims to share everything you need to know about partnering to enroll refugees from within your community.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • - Identify actionable strategies and resources to reduce systemic barriers and enhance the accessibility of higher education campuses for refugee students.
  • - Locate community-based refugee college access programs across the United States to establish local pipelines for student recruitment and enrollment. - Formulate collaborative partnerships between higher education institutions and community organizations to streamline the enrollment for refugee youth.
  • - Evaluate successful case studies and peer models from existing city and community access programs to adapt best practices for their own institution.