Download or read book Higher Education in Romania: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities written by Adrian Curaj and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intro -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Educated Romania-Focusing on Inclusive Policymaking After 30 Years of Shifting Reforms in the Romanian Education System -- 1 Context -- 2 A New Reform Agenda and a New Approach -- 3 Significance -- References -- Increasing Participation and Success in Higher Education (Coordinated by Jamil Salmi) -- Access Patterns in Romanian Higher Education. A Story of Asymmetry and Polarization -- 1 Demographic Transformations and Higher Education Recruitment Patterns -- 2 Data and Methodology -- 3 Recruitment Typologies and Network Organization -- 3.1 Diversity of Recruitment Basins: Narrow Verses Diverse Recruitment Networks -- 3.2 Structure of Local Recruitment Environments: Open Verses Closed Recruitment Networks -- 3.3 Network Self-Organisation: Vulnerabilities and Resilience -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Patterns of Enrolment: The Recruitment Basins -- 4.2 Different Patterns of Depopulation Within University Recruitment Basins -- 5 Discussion-Sustainable Universities? -- References -- Access to Higher Education: Losing Precious Human Resources Before the Start Line -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 The Losses of Human Capital in Romania -- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- The Impact of Social Scholarships and of Reserved Places for Graduates from Rural High Schools in Improving Access to Higher Education and Academic Performance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Evolution of the Number of Beneficiaries of the Two Policies and Aspects of Implementation -- 4.2 Specific Analysis of Individual Data Relevant for the Two Policies -- 4.3 Perception and Evaluation of the Two Policies by the Interview Respondents -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References.