Cristina Fit

• Public policy expert on higher education at Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding Romania

This policy brief examines effective approaches for supporting international students' social and cultural integration in host countries. Based on a thematic analysis of questionnaire responses from higher education stakeholders, the brief identifies three key themes: facilitating multifaceted transitions, embracing temporal stages of integration,...

With the European Universities Initiative underway, the COVID-19 pandemic and various national or European strategies reaching their initially designated timeline, 2021 is a good moment to take stock of how Romania fulfilled its commitments regarding internationalization. One of the key dimensions of internationalization of higher education, both i...

Overarching strategies at the European level underline the importance of mobility, thus promoting the higher education offer should be among the key topics that dominate the internationalization agenda in Romania, in the context of a highly competitive market worldwide. The paper highlights the disconnect between the internationalization strategies...

The article shows students’ perspective—the most important stakeholder in Higher Education—over internationalisation of higher education in the Romanian universities. To reach this desired outcome, we present conclusions from a survey taken by students from 17 universities from Romania and from an analysis of 19 university strategies in the field o...

The main objective of the study is to offer an overview of the implementation of the EEA Financial Mechanisms in Romania in the period 2013 - 2016, and discuss the impact it had at individual, institutional and national level in terms of expected results, pre-set objectives and of beneficiaries’ expectations. The analysis will focus on the EEA Scho...

Internationalisation of higher education is high on the agenda of most universities in the European Union, European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and beyond. Romanian universities are increasingly focusing on developing institutional internationalisation strategies in which they aim for both quality enhancement through mainstreaming international el...

This paper builds an overview of the context for implementing equity public policies targeting the Roma youth in Romania, with a focus on the specially designed study grants (reserved places—It refers to study grants offered specially for the Roma young people. They pass the same type of competition for admision at the study program however they on...

Studiu are ca obiectiv evaluarea impactului programului de Învățare pe Tot Parcursul Vieții (LLP) la nivelul sistemului românesc de învățământ, pe durata exercițiului 2007-2013, perioada nominală de implementare a acestuia. Studiul este axat pe evaluarea și măsurarea impactului programului LLP și a sub-programelor componente asupra internaționaliză...