HIGHER EDUCATION, BETWEEN THE CRISIS OF QUALITY AND THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY -ROMANIAN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES-
HIGHER EDUCATION, BETWEEN THE CRISIS OF QUALITY AND THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY -ROMANIAN AND EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES-

Summary/Abstract: After the fall of communism, Romanian higher education has undergone an unprecedented institutional and territorial expansion. In a hyper-pragmatic approach, universities have predominantly accessed only some programs of study, rather than developing a comprehensive offer. The system has experienced an uneven and unbalanced development by overbidding some specializations and ignoring others. The quantitative institutional growth, unrestricted access, insufficient funding, dependence on taxes led to the severe decline of the quality and competitiveness of the studies. Higher education has been going through a crisis of system and process which affects its identity and vocation. A relevant sample is the constant absence of the Romanian universities in the international rankings. Romanian higher education must synchronize with the developments and trends which reshape higher education in Europe. Open access, digital university, digitization of teaching and learning, MOOCs, lifelong learning are concepts and processes which show the direction of evolution of higher education in Europe.

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