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List of interviews
- Interview 1: Higher education ministry official 1998–2000, conducted on 29.03.2013.
- Interview 2: Higher education ministry official 2005–2007, conducted on 01.04.2013.
- Interview 3: Ministry official 2001–2005, Romanian representative in various European fora, conducted on 01.04.2013.
- Interview 4: Ministry official 1991–1992, member of the Presidential Commission on Education and Romanian BFUG representative, conducted on 03.04.2013.
- Interview 5: Academic staff trade union official representative, conducted on 05.04.2013.
- Interviews 6 and 7: National student federation leaders, 2008–2012, conducted on 4–5.04.2013.