Browsing: higher education

2014

Trends In Funding Higher Education In Romania And EU

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Introduction. Education is one of the determinants of the economic growth in any state, education funding representing thus a very important aspect in public policies.

Aim of the study. In this article we present the general principles of funding higher education in Romania and how it evolved over the last decade, stressing that the public higher education has been consistently underfunded. We also present an overview of the evolution of the main statistical indicators that characterize higher education in Romania, the number of universities and faculties, the number of students, number of teachers, revealing discrepancies between their evolution and the evolution of funding. We compared the funding of higher education in Romania and EU countries highlighting the fact that Romania should pay a special attention to higher education to achieve the performance of other EU member countries.
Keywords: higher education, education statistics, education funding
JEL Classification: I21, I22, I23

2017

An Analysis Of The Workforce Training And Improvement System In Order To Efficiently Absorb Foreign Direct Investment

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Introduction. For any country, a productive workforce is an important factor of economic growth, and Foreign Direct Investment increase the influence of this factor by accelerating growth, due to capital flow that is directed by foreign investors towards the host economy. For developing countries to fulfill their target of exceeding their own economic condition, it is necessary to first find solutions to streamline the human resource management. Secondly, if the training of the workforce is made according to functional strategies directed towards attracting Foreign Direct Investment, the chances of economic development grow exponentially.

Aim of the study. The aim of this paper is to determine the importance of the workforce training and improvement system and to establish the general lines through which this system can be improved in order to attract the attention of investors that can bring in foreign capital.
Keywords: labor management, workforce, foreign direct investment, training, improvement, higher education
JEL Classification: I25, M54, F21, F23.