{"id":57,"date":"2025-02-19T19:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pursue.sakarya.edu.tr\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:13:59","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"57\" class=\"elementor elementor-57\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-669abc1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"669abc1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b965fab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b965fab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-577b08e elementor-share-buttons--view-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"577b08e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bb48f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bb48f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HEQUITY Project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-699b00a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"699b00a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); font-size: 1rem; color: #000000;\">Across Europe, higher education institutions (HEIs) are facing new challenges and responsibilities as they respond to the growing diversity of student populations, particularly with the arrival of migrants and refugees. While universities are increasingly recognized as key actors in promoting social inclusion and integration, many lack the structured tools, policies, and institutional capacity to fully support these vulnerable groups.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <span class=\"s1\"><b>HEQUITY Project \u2013 Building Higher Education Quality InclUsIon PaThwaYs<\/b><\/span> was born from this need to create more equitable, inclusive, and responsive academic environments. Co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme (KA220-HED), the project seeks to empower universities and policy actors to improve <span class=\"s1\"><b>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)<\/b><\/span> practices in higher education, with a special focus on migrant and refugee students.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HEQUITY builds on the experience and collaboration of five institutions across <span class=\"s1\"><b>Turkey, Belgium, Italy, and Latvia<\/b><\/span>, uniting higher education leaders, researchers, and community organizations. It responds to the urgent need for integrated strategies that go beyond access and actively support student retention, participation, and success.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By combining research, policy development, institutional training, and digital innovation, the HEQUITY project aims to develop effective models for:<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p2\">\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Institutional DEI strategies<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Capacity building for academic and administrative staff<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cross-border collaboration between HEIs and NGOs<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sustainable dissemination of inclusive practices through digital tools and networks<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The project not only contributes to policy advancement at institutional and national levels but also strengthens the European higher education sector\u2019s commitment to human rights, academic fairness, and social cohesion.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook Twitter LinkedIn HEQUITY Project Across Europe, higher education institutions (HEIs) are facing new challenges and responsibilities as they respond to the growing diversity of student populations, particularly with the arrival of migrants and refugees. While universities are increasingly recognized as key actors in promoting social inclusion and integration, many lack the structured tools, policies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":721,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}