Social Implications of the Opportunities for Romanian Higher Education in the New World Order∗

∗ This article was originally prepared for presentation at a meeting of Romanian university administrators sponsored by the Romanian Union of Jurists on 18 June 1997. It was subsequently presented to the Research Committee on Sociology of Law at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, on 9 July 1997

Abstract

An overview is given of the course of development and the social role of higher education in Romania since the revolution of December 1989. The pros and cons of private higher education institutions are presented with the added note that the existence of these institutions saves money for the Romanian state and subsidizes the salaries of professors teaching in the state institutions. Suggestions are made as to how to improve the teaching/learning environment both for students and for teachers, and a plea is made that higher education in Romania, both public and private, avoid becoming overly market‐oriented. Rather, higher education should contribute to the remaking of civil society.

∗ This article was originally prepared for presentation at a meeting of Romanian university administrators sponsored by the Romanian Union of Jurists on 18 June 1997. It was subsequently presented to the Research Committee on Sociology of Law at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, on 9 July 1997

Notes

∗ This article was originally prepared for presentation at a meeting of Romanian university administrators sponsored by the Romanian Union of Jurists on 18 June 1997. It was subsequently presented to the Research Committee on Sociology of Law at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, on 9 July 1997