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Publication Date: 2020
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Mobility as a Learning Tool: Educational Experiences among Eastern European Roma Undergraduates in the European Union
Marcu, Silvia
Race, Ethnicity and Education, v23 n6 p858-874 2020
This article examines the educational experiences of Eastern European Roma undergraduates and analyses how the mobility process influences their access to university in different countries of the European Union. Drawing on 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews, the paper highlights the ability of students to (re)define their identity and to utilize the language skills acquired practicing mobility across several countries as well as the university degrees obtained, to combat Roma discrimination after finishing their studies. Findings suggest that education may become a tool to overcome the marginality and stigmatization of Roma. The paper concludes with observations about the new ways opened up by undergraduate Roma, which demand the reinterpretation of mobility and identity as a transformative experience and an essential strategy to fight the discrimination against and the exclusion of mobile Roma citizens.
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Educational Experience, Early Experience, Migrant Children, Undergraduate Students, Young Adults, Minority Group Students, Ethnic Groups, Access to Education, Disadvantaged, Social Discrimination, Self Concept, Language Skills, Academic Degrees, Social Integration, Inclusion, Role of Education, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Romania; Bulgaria; United Kingdom (Sheffield); United Kingdom (Edinburgh); Spain (Madrid); Spain (Barcelona); France (Paris); Italy (Rome)
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