The Role of Universities in Development and Consolidation of the Cultural Dimension in a Europe of Knowledge
The Role of Universities in Development and Consolidation of the Cultural Dimension in a Europe of Knowledge

Author(s): Nadia Laura Serdenciuc
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: Knowledge society; educational system; internationalization; higher education; entrepreneurial university
Summary/Abstract: Our study focuses on the effects generated by the knowledge society specificity on the functioning of the higher education institutions in contemporary context. The expansion of knowledge in the social area in accordance to a few landmarks of pragmatic validation, oriented on information usefulness, involves changes regarding the educational system. The evolution of higher education institutions also follows an adapted trajectory according to these multple changes. The mission of the university is built by turns in a humanistic and encyclopedic perspective, making room for a modern science view- based on rational investigation and experimental methods, delineating some entrepreneurial landmarks. The basic functions of higher education institutions: education, research and public engagement must be adapted to the needs and requirements of a changing society and must be developed towards internationalization, focusing the competitive and the collaborative approaches on raising efficiency and quality of the provided service.

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