Public Administration Schools in Romania: Strategic Choices for the Future
Public Administration Schools in Romania: Strategic Choices for the Future

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the topic of higher education reform process in Central and Eastern Europe in general and in Romania in special and focuses on the challenges public administration schools in this geographical area are currently facing. The author groups these challenges into five categories including students, market, community, decision-makers and academic management. The author argues that in order to develop and implement a sound reform of public administration programs one needs to take into consideration both global challenges common to all counties/programs but also features embedded in the regional context from Central and Eastern Europe. In the conclusion section the author refers to the potential competitive advantage PA programs have and to possible solutions from increasing their chances for a sound development in the future independent from other fundamental fields such as law, economics, etc.

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