Campus Location
Abilene Campus (Residential)
Date of Award
Spring 5-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Social Work
Degree Name
Master of Science
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Dr. Alan Lipps
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Dr. David Merrell
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
Susanna Lubanga
Abstract
This research looks at the significant barriers that exist in the United States that hinder African refugee youth from being able to pursue their educational goals. According to the literature, language, social, and economic barriers during this pivotal point in their lives are often reasons that refugee students may have a difficult time going to college. Refugee families enter the United States in hopes of a prosperous life. The following research will discuss ways that current or former refugees have overcome these barriers through forms of intervention and acts of resiliency to reach their educational goals. The findings of this study are meant to help social service agencies design a curriculum that will support refugee students as they begin their educational journey in America.
Recommended Citation
Braye, Tamika, "Overcoming Barriers: Factors of Resiliency in Refugee Students Pursuing Higher Education" (2018). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 94.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/94