scholarly journals Particularities of the Recent Evolution of Higher Education in Romania. Analysis and Forecasts

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Mariana Bălan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Education System ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Student Achievements ◽  
Schooling Process

Abstract Objective: The purpose of this article is to present a brief analysis of the Romanian higher education system from the perspective of basic indicators, as well as the use of Markovian techniques for studying the evolution of the schooling process. Methodology: The descriptive statistical analysis was mainly used to visualize and synthesize the information extracted from the data on the Romanian higher education system. Markovian methods were used to study and predict the evolution of the schooling process. Findings: The rapid dynamics of the number of students in Romania in the last two decades has been accompanied by a series of structural changes, of which the most important are: a) constantly increasing the degree of feminisation of student achievements and b) increasing the relative importance of economic studies, legal studies and other social sciences, while reducing the relative importance of technical sciences and of medical-pharmaceutical studies within university specialties. Also, the distribution of the graduates’ specializations correlated to a very small extent with the requirements of economic and social activity. It can be said that the development of tertiary education in Romania was stimulated mainly by the action of factors of social and cultural nature and only at second level by the demand for qualified personnel generated by the productive apparatus. Value Added: This study highlights the current state of Romanian higher education. The fact that the evolution of tertiary education has been “explosive” over the past two decades makes some econometric methods, involving the use of stationary data or which have a high degree of complexity, more difficult to use. In this context, the use of Markovian modelling methods for studying and forecasting the evolution of the schooling process can contribute to improving access to and participation in higher education. Recommendations: In the current conjucture, when trying to increase the insertion of graduates into the labour market, it is natural for decision-makers to use various estimation methods and techniques that allow them to correlate university study programs with the needs of the labour market and at the same time provide them with scientific support for their prognosis.

scholarly journals The Importance of Polytechnics for Africa's Development

2017 ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Goolam Mohamedbhai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
British Colonies

Most African countries that were former British colonies replicated the British higher education system and created both universities and polytechnics. However, in order to increase their tertiary education enrolment, these countries are gradually upgrading their polytechnics to universities. This article argues that this is a wrong move as polytechnics are as important as universities for Africa’s development, and calls for a re-consideration of the polytechnics conversion policy. 

scholarly journals Adaptation of persons with disabilities to inclusive education in the university as a condition of their successful functioning in the labour market

2019 ◽  
pp. 130-136
Author(s):  
E. V. Gurova ◽  
N. I. Laas ◽  
A. V. Pritolyuk ◽  
I. A. Romanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
The University

The main way to implement this principle of equality in the education of persons with disabilities and persons with disabilities (HIA) is now inclusive education at all levels of education throughout life. The basic concepts related to disability, integration of persons with disabilities into society, educational environment have been highlighted in the article, the differences in the understanding and interpretation of these concepts have been shown. The factors of adaptation of students with invalidity and disabilities have been disclosed. The formation of an inclusive educational environment in the University is impossible without improving the management of inclusive education in higher education system.

scholarly journals Progression på tid og på tværs. Fremdrift og fleksibilisering som styringsregime på de videregående uddannelser

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 6-17
Author(s):  
Laura Louise Sarauw
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Education System ◽  
Personalized Learning ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Personal Profile ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
The Individual

Med den kommende studiefremdriftsreform følger både krav om hurtigere gennemførelse og en fleksibilisering af systemet, der skal lette meritoverførslen og gøre det nemmere at sammenstykke en uddannelse på tværs af institutioner og uddannelser. Artiklen diskuterer de nye tiltag som en bestemt styring af de studerendes uddannelsesnavigation: Hvad sker der, når vi giver den enkelte studerende større frihed til at sammensætte uddannelse på tværs af moduler, der ikke har nogen på forhånd tilrettelagt (faglig) progression mellem sig? Vil den øgede valgfrihed medvirke til at motivere de studerende, højne gennemførelsen og gøre dem mere arbejdsmarkedsparate, sådan som regeringen fremlægger det? Og er prisen i givet fald en fragmentering af viden og instrumentel overfladelæring blandt de studerende, sådan som kritikerne foreslår?  The aim of the so-called ‘speed-up’ reform is to cut the time available for students to complete their university studies. One consequence of the reform is the increased requirement for flexibility within the Danish higher education system. To cope with the reform, the system will need to facilitate transfer of credits and make it easier for students to compose more personalized learning portfolios, which can include courses from different institutions and study programmes. The article discusses the possible implications of this new approach to steering students through the higher education system: What happens when we allow the individual student to compose a personal profile from different modules with no intentional progression between them? Will the students’ increased freedom serve to motivate them, make them complete their studies more quickly and make them more fit for the labour market like the Danish government presumes? Or will this be at the expense of leaving students with fragmented knowledge and superficial understandings as suggested by the critics?

scholarly journals FUNCTIONING OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OF ROMANIA IN THE CONDITIONS OF AUTONOMIZATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (14) ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Nadiia Kuzmenko ◽  
◽  
Kyrylo Tulin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Professional Orientation ◽  
Higher Education System

The article is devoted to the analysis of the higher education system of Romania. Peculiarities of functioning of higher education institutions of different forms of ownership in the conditions of autonomy are determined. The Romanian practical experience of supporting students educational and professional orientation and promoting their professional inclusion in the labour market is noteworthy. The activities of advisory departments in each institution of higher education regarding students choice of a professional route should be borrowed from Ukraine.

scholarly journals A CASE STUDY OF "HABITUS" AND "FIELD": THE CHINESE RURAL STUDENTS ON THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64
Author(s):  
Jingyi Dong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Education Inequality ◽  
Financial Pressure ◽  
The University

This research focuses its inquiry on the economic aspect of rural university students' life in China, but the discussion goes beyond the economic field. Massification in the Chinese higher education system has increased the chance for rural youths to receive tertiary education. However, there is rarely sufficient data to record their status quo on the campus. This research intends to fill up the gap by making a comparison between the rural students who are located at different levels in the higher education system. This comparative analysis eventually leads to such findings: Those at the higher extreme of the hierarchy, who have more subsidies, tend to experience more frustration under financial pressure than those at the lower extreme, who are insufficiently funded. Presumably, the former are more directly exposed to rural-urban disparity. While the latter experience less frustration, they are less prepared to impacts from the unfamiliar urban society. The research, eventually going beyond the economic problems, has exposed a process in which the rural youths are victimized by the system that discriminates against the Chinese peasants, in which the higher education system plays a critical role. Key words: higher education, inequality, poverty, rural students.

scholarly journals Present-Day Dillemas And Challenges Of The South African Tertiary System

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Mouton ◽  
G. P. Louw ◽  
G. L. Strydom
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Education System ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
School Level ◽  
First Year ◽  
Exit Point ◽  
The South ◽  
Higher Education System

The Education White Paper 3 on Higher Education aimed to transform the higher education system. Change within tertiary education included adjusting the size and shape of institutions, the meaning of autonomy and accountability, the nature of higher education, the character of student demographic distribution, management and governance, roles of student politics, models of delivery, the notion of higher education in terms of the relationship between free trade and public good, programme changes and the nature of the academic workplace. At this stage, transformation in higher education is leaping outwards to fulfil the criteria set by international competitiveness and related efficiency criteria that can be attributed to globalisation pressures and to deeper factors inherent in the nature of higher education, especially in terms of its resistance to change and modernization. In this regard, the tertiary higher education system in South Africa is faced with many multi-dimensional challenges that need to be addressed in this article. This includes stating whether Grade 12 results as the outcome of this exit point at school level are, internationally speaking, a reasonable predictor of first-year academic success at university. In South Africa, there is no benchmarking of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination; therefore, first-year students have difficulty in adapting to the university environment as they find themselves devoid of indispensable bases for the pursuit of their studies and the weakness of the level of education given at school level in a large number of instances. Furthermore, five universities were placed under administration in the 2011-2012 period because of appallingly poor levels of management, which adds extra layers of suspicion to the notion of the impact of higher education in South Africa. Many other challenges are facing the South African tertiary education system, which will be analysed and recommendations arrived at that will attempt to contribute to an enhancement of tertiary education in South Africa.

Teaching in Automatic Control and Robotics Discipline in Terms of Changes in Higher Education System: Experiences and Suggestions

2013 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 648-653
Author(s):  
Leszek Podsędkowski ◽  
Agnieszka Kobierska ◽  
Małgorzata Sikora ◽  
Lukasz Fracczak ◽  
Adam Niewola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Automatic Control ◽  
Education System ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Technical University ◽  
And Robotics ◽  
New System

This paper is an attempt to outline certain phenomena conditioning tertiary education: mental changes of the youth, legal changes in higher education and changes in demands and profile of the industry. In the paper the experiences of making changes in the studies program of Automatic Control and Robotics discipline at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Technical University of Lodz were presented. Particular emphasis has been placed on demonstrating how to use the laboratory background in order to meet the needs of the industry. A proposal showing a better method of implementing the studies program in the new reality has been presented. The authors have also presented their own reflections on the advantages and disadvantages coming from the new system.

scholarly journals ІННОВАЦІЙНІ ТЕНДЕНЦІЇ СУЧАСНОЇ ЗАРУБІЖНОЇ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-115
Author(s):  
Галина Павлівна Плисенко ◽  
Віктор Орестович Назаркевич
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Education System ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
International Trends ◽  
Evidence Summary ◽  
Depth Analysis

The article offers a review of innovative concepts in modern higher education along with providing the in-depth analysis and evidence summary of its key trends that are currently relevant and are gaining popularity in most world countries. Thus, the authors attempt to attain the research objective which is to explore the major global trends and innovations in the area of higher education as well as the opportunities for their application in domestic institutions of higher education. The study used general scientific and special research methods: scientific generalization and systematization – to reveal the characteristics of innovative international trends in higher education; comparative analysis – for mapping certain aspects of the national and world-class higher education; system analysis – to identify the factors driving innovation development in higher education; the logical synthesis – to explain the results of the study. The survey of modern global education trends has enabled to shape the following major innovation tendencies, such as: integration of systems thinking entailing the harmonization of assessment and grading systems and diplomas at different education levels to prevent duplication and improve timely accomplishment of training programs; creating the new and enhancing the current financial aid schemes and funding models that promote actual effective performance, etc.; human vs. artificial intelligence competition; building sustainable communities (from both, socio-cultural and economic perspectives); maintaining a combination of traditional and non-traditional learning which is primarily manifested through offering wider flexible opportunities for adults wishing to get tertiary education or undergo further retraining; identification and assessment of competences as well as ensuring training programs compliance with the needs of the contemporary labour market. It is argued that a failure to respond to the above challenges, the outdated higher education standards that are not keeping pace with technological progress, innovations and growing demand for relevant specialists in the labour market make many of the domestic education institutions lag behind. The education system also fails to pay due attention to modern realia of professional domain and applied issues of professional training which triggers devaluation of University degrees and hence leads to the imbalance in the labour market, characterized at present by a significant unemployment rate among persons with higher education.

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