Abstract
In today’s economically changing environment, higher education institutions faces many challenges regarding permanent adaptations to industry needs, inappropriate financing arrangements, the knowledge triangle of teaching, research and innovation, tailored approaches to learning for students, students centred education, reforms in the education system etc. The problem mentioned in European agenda for higher education modernization linked to the inconsistency between the knowledge and skills graduates gain from the educational process and those required by the economy and society remains one major problem, at least at this moment. In regard to this, the paper aim is to analyses the actual situation regarding the consequences of an admission without exam where the baccalaureate grade is taken into account, and as possible solutions to this major challenge are emphasised possible training methods appropriate to the presented situation, methods with a great emphasis on the practical side and the permanent emphasis of the theoretical background used. In this context, good anticipation and thoroughly prepared restructuring is needed, attention and unified efforts from specialists in education field, industry and whole higher education system in order to face actual situation and be prepared for challenges that this problems will rise in the future.
Highlights
The European Commission, aware of the Agenda objectives, in order not to remain only a noticed activity, adopts a support strategy that will be granted to the modernization of higher education in the Member States and according to it, immediately in September 2012, the Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and European union youth at that time, Androulla Vassilioiu, constitutes a high-level group for the modernization of higher education, chaired by former Irish President Mary McAleese
According to a study based on the European Union Labor Force Survey, Romania has a progressive increase with regard to the population aged between 30-34 years and graduating a higher education institution (International Standard Classification of Education ISCED 5-8), from 13.9% in 2007 to 26.3% in 2017, being near its target of 26.7% (Fig.1). [6]
Romania is close to the 2020 target for higher education graduates [8], the number of high school baccalaureate graduates is decreasing and the rate of advancement is below 70% (66.7 in 2016, 68.1% in 2017) [7] (Figure 2)
Summary
In November 2011, European Union (EU) member ministers, worried about the growing gap with the advanced Asian states but especially with the United States, analysed the current situation, identified major shortcomings and established the Agenda for Higher Education Systems Modernization in Europe. This paper seeks to analyse the state of the Romanian higher education so that it can respond appropriately and reasonably to the above question
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