STATUS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES, GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES IN AREA OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The status of national minorities, groups and communities in higher education depends on many factors. First of all, it depends on the state in which members of the above minority groups and communities live, i.e., on its willingness to allow the establishment of Universities, in which to educate the members of these nations and, also, others. Equally, their status depends on the agreement between the two states, one in which they live and the other, the mother country. The authors are made an analysis of the status of ethnic minorities, groups and communities in some European countries. Particular attention was paid to the situation in Romania, Hungary, and the former Soviet republics in this area. In addition, attention was paid to institutions of higher education in the Republic of Macedonia, and Kosovo. The main question raised in this article, refers to the fact of independence of these institutions in relation to the educational system, which was established in the territory in which they live these minority groups and communities, and how they can be related to their home countries. This issue is of great importance to the position of Serbs in Kosovo in this field.