... in higher education. Quality and reform in higher educa-tion are the catchwords of our times.... more ... in higher education. Quality and reform in higher educa-tion are the catchwords of our times. -28-Page 3. Lazar VLASCEANU While reform seeks structural ... which are considered -32-Page 7. Lazar VLASCEANU in the process of ...
Editorial Board PROFESSOR JOHN RICHARDSON, Open University, UK (Chair) PROFESSOR RONALD BARNETT, ... more Editorial Board PROFESSOR JOHN RICHARDSON, Open University, UK (Chair) PROFESSOR RONALD BARNETT, Institute of Education, University of London, UK PROFESSOR CLARE CALLENDER, Birkbeck, University of London, UK PROFESSOR SUE CLEGG, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK PROFESSOR ROSEMARY DEEM, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK PROFESSOR ERIK MEYER, University of Queensland, Australia PROFESSOR LOUISE MORLEY, University of Sussex, UK DR ROWENA MURRAY, University of Strathclyde, UK DR RAJANI NAIDOO, University of Bath, UK PROFESSOR GARETH PARRY, University of Sheffield, UK PROFESSOR PETER SCOTT, Kingston University, UK PROFESSOR MARY THORPE, Open University, UK
This paper reviews the crisis in Romanian universities since the country's political transiti... more 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 institutioi.al and research funding, as well as changes in the structure of academic employment. Successful implementation will require strengthening the fragile management capacity of the Ministr...
List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART I COPING WITH UNCERTAINTIES Chapter 1 The Clash ... more List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART I COPING WITH UNCERTAINTIES Chapter 1 The Clash Between Academic Traditions, Markets and GATS Chapter 2 Demography and Higher Education. Risks and Prospective Approaches PART II THE NEW WORLD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Chapter 3 University and Development: A Vicious or a Virtuous Circle? Chapter 4 Academic Transformation: Continuities and Discontinuities Index
... Learning?.... 173 Dominic Orr 11 The Embedding of the European Higher Education Reform at the... more ... Learning?.... 173 Dominic Orr 11 The Embedding of the European Higher Education Reform at the Institutional Level: Development of Outcome-Based and Flexible Curricula?.... 191 ...
... almost 50:1 in 1992/93. However, in engineering, the student staff ratio fell from 19:1 to 13... more ... almost 50:1 in 1992/93. However, in engineering, the student staff ratio fell from 19:1 to 13:1 (Sheehan 1993, 17). Data from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies are particularly revealing. The overall percentage of filled ...
The question addressed here is whether and how the increase of research funding in higher educati... more The question addressed here is whether and how the increase of research funding in higher education leads to a higher scientific productivity and to an increased impact measured by current procedures (i.e. Hirsch and Egghe index score distributions). Recently collected data from the Romanian universities show that increased financial resources are associated with an inflated number of publications which have a rather low impact. We thus follow the idea that higher research productivity and impact is not determined only by growing funding, but also by appropriate policy incentives. Consequently, we analyze the institutional arrangements carried away by the recently implemented reforms in the Romanian higher education and suggest that their institutional incentives could also bring along an increase in the impact of research productivity. In the context of economic crisis and scarcity of public resources, we argue that a higher research productivity and impact may better be delivered ...
... in higher education. Quality and reform in higher educa-tion are the catchwords of our times.... more ... in higher education. Quality and reform in higher educa-tion are the catchwords of our times. -28-Page 3. Lazar VLASCEANU While reform seeks structural ... which are considered -32-Page 7. Lazar VLASCEANU in the process of ...
Editorial Board PROFESSOR JOHN RICHARDSON, Open University, UK (Chair) PROFESSOR RONALD BARNETT, ... more Editorial Board PROFESSOR JOHN RICHARDSON, Open University, UK (Chair) PROFESSOR RONALD BARNETT, Institute of Education, University of London, UK PROFESSOR CLARE CALLENDER, Birkbeck, University of London, UK PROFESSOR SUE CLEGG, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK PROFESSOR ROSEMARY DEEM, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK PROFESSOR ERIK MEYER, University of Queensland, Australia PROFESSOR LOUISE MORLEY, University of Sussex, UK DR ROWENA MURRAY, University of Strathclyde, UK DR RAJANI NAIDOO, University of Bath, UK PROFESSOR GARETH PARRY, University of Sheffield, UK PROFESSOR PETER SCOTT, Kingston University, UK PROFESSOR MARY THORPE, Open University, UK
This paper reviews the crisis in Romanian universities since the country's political transiti... more 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 institutioi.al and research funding, as well as changes in the structure of academic employment. Successful implementation will require strengthening the fragile management capacity of the Ministr...
List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART I COPING WITH UNCERTAINTIES Chapter 1 The Clash ... more List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART I COPING WITH UNCERTAINTIES Chapter 1 The Clash Between Academic Traditions, Markets and GATS Chapter 2 Demography and Higher Education. Risks and Prospective Approaches PART II THE NEW WORLD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Chapter 3 University and Development: A Vicious or a Virtuous Circle? Chapter 4 Academic Transformation: Continuities and Discontinuities Index
... Learning?.... 173 Dominic Orr 11 The Embedding of the European Higher Education Reform at the... more ... Learning?.... 173 Dominic Orr 11 The Embedding of the European Higher Education Reform at the Institutional Level: Development of Outcome-Based and Flexible Curricula?.... 191 ...
... almost 50:1 in 1992/93. However, in engineering, the student staff ratio fell from 19:1 to 13... more ... almost 50:1 in 1992/93. However, in engineering, the student staff ratio fell from 19:1 to 13:1 (Sheehan 1993, 17). Data from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies are particularly revealing. The overall percentage of filled ...
The question addressed here is whether and how the increase of research funding in higher educati... more The question addressed here is whether and how the increase of research funding in higher education leads to a higher scientific productivity and to an increased impact measured by current procedures (i.e. Hirsch and Egghe index score distributions). Recently collected data from the Romanian universities show that increased financial resources are associated with an inflated number of publications which have a rather low impact. We thus follow the idea that higher research productivity and impact is not determined only by growing funding, but also by appropriate policy incentives. Consequently, we analyze the institutional arrangements carried away by the recently implemented reforms in the Romanian higher education and suggest that their institutional incentives could also bring along an increase in the impact of research productivity. In the context of economic crisis and scarcity of public resources, we argue that a higher research productivity and impact may better be delivered ...
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