L'integrazione accademica dei rifugiati tra credenzialismo e valorizzazione dell'informal education

The essay reports the experience of the CAP (Centre of lifelong learning) at the University of Bari (Italy) and its activities in validation and certification of the learning competences, acquired in formal and informal contexts by those refugees and asylum seekers who have chosen to continue the curriculum studiorum interrupted in the country of origin. The CAP’s experience highlights how, for the refugee, the informal education is crucial within the processes of academic integration. For the University, this program represents an attempt to internationalize the academic system and to institutionalize the ‘finalized recognition’procedure, through comparability of qualifications and skill balance. The paper presents the state of art of the university integration of refugees, describing in brief the main projects carried out by Italian higher education institutions over the last years.