Higher education reform in Romania |
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| Authors: | Thomas Owen Eisemon Ioan Mihailescu Lazar Vlasceanu Catalin Zamfir John Sheehan Charles H Davis |
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| Institution: | (1) The World Bank, Washington, D. C., USA;(2) University of Bucharest, Romania;(3) Unesco European Centre for Higher Education, Bucharest, Romania;(4) Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania;(5) University College, Dublin, Ireland;(6) International Development Research Centre, Montevideo, Uruguay |
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| Abstract: | This paper reviews the crisis in Romanian universities since the country's political transition in 1989, and describes the government's strategy for revitalizing the higher education system. Attention is drawn to the expansion of access to higher education, the dramatic increase of enrollments in social science fields, the spontaneous establishment of private higher education institutions, and to the many difficulties institutions are experiencing in coping with these changes especially because of resource constraints. Comprehensive reform of the role of the state in the financing and governance of higher education are proposed. The government's reform strategy involves accreditation of public and private institutions, establishment of open transparent mechanisms for allocating institutional and research funding, as well as changes in the structure of academic employment. Successful implementation will require strengthening the fragile management capacity of the Ministry of Education and the higher education institutions. |
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