HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING POLICIES IN CEE COUNTRIES. THE CASE OF ROMANIA, HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA
HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING POLICIES IN CEE COUNTRIES. THE CASE OF ROMANIA, HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA

Summary/Abstract: The OECD publication of ―Universities under Scrutiny‖ (1987) was among the first official statement signalling the changing role of higher education in the context of a post-industrial society by addressing policy proposals which deal with issues such as productivity, efficiency and accountability. In this light, the main aim of my study is to further current academic debates on governance reforms undertaken in European tertiary education systems, with a specific research focus on financing policies by assessing the degree of policy change in terms of principles, regulations and outcomes in three European countries, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia and analyze to what extent there is a general converging model in financing higher education institutions across the sample case studies. Although common path in higher education funding reforms can be traced in all these countries, differences lie within policy processes of formulation and implementation where internal political and socio-economic factors play an important role. In this sense, policy recommendations entail implementing an evidence-based policy-making model in financing HEIs focused on transnational/international policy learning environment based on communication and policy borrowing as key strategies.

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