CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Petrova, Barbora |
|---|---|
| Title | Diversity in Higher Education: The Case of the Roma Access Programs (RAP) at the Central European University (CEU) |
| Summary | This thesis argues that by understanding the potential benefits for the diversity of the CEU’s student body as a whole that stem from both formal and informal interactions between non-Roma and their Roma peers, one’s perspective is moved to an orientation of strength rather than one of disadvantage and deficiency. Overall, theoretical arguments on diversity in HE as well as potential benefits of an ethnically racially and culturally diverse academic community both for teachers and students are presented. Whether the formation of the Roma Access Programs was driven by diversity concerns, was addressed in two in depth interviews with two stakeholders who played a role in shaping the initiative. In order to estimate how Roma students at CEU affect the CEU community as a whole from an individual-student perspective, students’ subjective assessments were looked for through 3 focus group discussions and an online questionnaire. In order to capture subjective faculty assessments, two in depth interviews with SPP professors took part. Among others, the thesis provides findings on how interactions between Roma students and non-Roma peer have tackled non-Roma students’ prejudice and stereotypes. These are important findings that should be considered in light of the current socio-political climate in which European governments tend to hesitate to specifically address and include Roma as a particular beneficiary group in their national strategies (OSI 2007, 49). |
| Supervisor | Matei, Liviu Dumitru |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/petrova_barbora.pdf |
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