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This year we celebrate 20 years from the Bologna Declaration, a document that represents the starting point for a reforming process which changed not only the Higher Education systems in European countries, but also in other countries across the world. As in the case of others participating countries, Bologna Process meant for Romania profound reform of Higher Education system, marked by changes in legislation and reconsideration of the basic principles of the educational process. Therefore, this chapter is aimed to overview the developments in Romanian Higher Education in light of the Bologna Process evolution, with emphasis on reforms undertaken by Romanian authorities for renewing the legal, institutional and methodological frameworks applicable in Higher Education.
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Vătăman, D. (2020). Reforms and Developments in Romanian Higher Education as a Result of the Bologna Process Implementation. In: Flaut, D., Hošková-Mayerová, Š., Ispas, C., Maturo, F., Flaut, C. (eds) Decision Making in Social Sciences: Between Traditions and Innovations. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 247. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30659-5_6
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