UNIVERSITIES

Mohammad Alahmad, a Syrian academic, speaks at a New University in Exile Consortium event last week. Alahmad continued teaching at Raqqa University until ISIS shut down the school. "I decided to stay to help students," he said, "to continue teaching as mu

Under Threat At Home, Refugee Scholars Find Academic Havens At U.S. Universities

4:07pm September 12, 2018

by Deborah Amos

American universities have created a consortium that offers temporary academic homes for refugee scholars threatened by war and authoritarian governments.