Foreign Interference in the Development of the Higher Education of the Republic of Moldova: The Year 1998
Foreign Interference in the Development of the Higher Education of the Republic of Moldova: The Year 1998
Author(s): Liliana RotaruSubject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Education, Prehistory
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: Republic of Moldova; Russian Federation; higher education; Slavonic University; Slavic-Moldovan University; cultural imperialism;
Summary/Abstract: This research examines some attempts of the Russian Federation to interfere in the educational policy of the Republic of Moldova, in order to reverse the return to the Romanian national traditions in higher education. The inappropriate and insistent initiatives of the Russian authorities and their acolytes to open in the Republic of Moldova several higher education institutions/branches of the Russian universities, which would work according to the educational standards of the Russian Federation and use the Russian language, came under the pretext of ensuring the right of the Russian-speaking population to education in their native language. This is a classic example of the cultural imperialism of the Moscow rulers and an attempt to keep the Republic of Moldova in the area of influence of the Russian Federation. This case study shows that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moscow’s policy of Russification of the population of the Republic of Moldova entered a new phase, preserving the methods and tools of the Soviet Empire.
Journal: Transylvanian Review
- Issue Year: XXXII/2023
- Issue No: Suppl. 1
- Page Range: 151-160
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
