Refugees in Higher Education : Questioning the Notion of Integration Intro Contents Teil I Editorial Section 1 Introduction: Refugees in Higher Education Questioning the Notion of Integration 1 Dynamics Of Integration Introducing the Symposium 2 State of Research 3 Introducing the Research Papers 4 Some Implications for Further Research and Development 2 Higher Education and Study Preparation from the Perspective of Refugee Students in Germany 1 Pizzo: Vorbereitung für das Symposium 2 N. Kara 3 Abedallah Abuhawa 3.1 Erfolgreicher Studiensteig durch Studienvorbereitung 3.2 Teil der Gesellschaft durch Teilhabe Teil I Empirical Research 3 Online Education Offline Integration Supporting Refugees Social Integration by Online Education 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Study Success and Dropout 2.2 Refugee and International Students in Germany 2.3 Support of Social Integration in Online Higher Education Environments 3 Research Context and Design 3.1 Research Context 3.2 Research Design &amp Methods 4 Research Results 4.1 The Broader Picture 4.2 In depth Analysis 5 Discussion 5.1 Online Education vs. the Need for Offline Social Interaction 5.2 Social Integration vs. Other Needs 5.3 Microcosm Kiron vs. German Higher Education System 5.4 Locality vs. Translocality 5.5 Limitations 6 Conclusions 4 Refugee Students in German Higher Education: How Perceptions of Time and Language Impact on Academic Experiences 1 Introduction 2 Context 2.1 Background of the Study 2.2 Students from Refugee Backgrounds in (German) Higher Education 3 Methodology 3.1 Study Design 3.2 Instruments and Participants 3.3 Conceptual Frame and Data Analysis 3.4 Limitations 4 Results 4.1 The Impact of Language on (Perceptions of) Time 4.2 Increased Time Effort due to (Low) Language Proficiency.