The Roma in European Higher Education

The Roma in European Higher Education is not only relevant to academic and applied knowledge on Roma HE participation; it is also a good initial starting point for the future body of knowledge on Roma in HE. Scholars and practitioners across many fields will find that the discussions in the book challenge the status quo and their perceptions. Future knowledge producers will be able to build upon these discussions from alternative or complementary perspectives. * Critical Romani Studies * This original and innovative book is the first of its kind to focus on Roma participation in higher education, drawing on insights from a range of empirical contexts. It is vital reading for scholars, activists and policy-makers who seek to understand the complex issues of Roma exclusion and the promise of education. * Aidan McGarry, Reader in International Politics, Loughborough University London, UK * The racist imagery of Roma as a people who do not value education has robbed Romani people of dreams, aspirations, rights, opportunities, and a sense belonging to participate in higher education for too long. This volume is a testament to the catastrophic consequences that anti-Roma racism, from ideology to discrimination, has had on countless generations of Romani people. But above all, this volume is a call for action: a demand for states to unequivocally say NO to racism and for teachers to embrace Romani children in their full humanity, as children, not as inferior children. A long-awaited and necessary contribution to the scholarship! * Margareta Matache, Instructor and Director of the Roma Program, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, USA *