Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1113632 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2014 | 6 Pages |
The changes brought by the knowledge-based society generated the global movement of restructuring educational systems, starting with 1999, when an agreement on the new policies was reached between the first signing states, which resulted in great changes up to the present day. The expansion highlights the fact that the European countries acknowledged the problems faced by educational systems, the internal and external challenges concerning: the growth and diversity of the curriculum, the employment opportunities for the graduates, the existence of a unitary framework for qualifications and competences, the establishment of key competences, the development of private educational institutions and transnational education. The process generated in the European states led to multiple changes to such an extent, that we cannot list them without accepting that they cannot be covered altogether. The more so in the context of the Romanian higher education system, where we can discuss the understanding and contextualized application of the new directions. The conducted investigation highlighted the fact that, besides the great changes in the structure and functioning of the system, there are also institutional changes, in terms of culture and the organizational climate or current practices.