Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University
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Universitatea Creștină "Dimitrie Cantemir" | |
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Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University (Universitatea Creștină "Dimitrie Cantemir") is a Romanian private University located in Bucharest.
Media coverage
The Romanian newspaper Gândul reported that the Christian University "Dimitrie Cantemir" from Bucharest started 34 Master's degree curricula without legal grounds.[1][2][3] According to the rector of the University, Mrs. Corina Dumitrescu, the law has a loophole, since it uses a continuous present for institutional evaluation, which is uncharacteristic of the Romanian language, weakening the evaluation requirements.[1][2] She says that in her opinion institutional evaluation (required by law) may also happen after the curricula have been taught. The actual wording in Romanian is "universitate acreditată supusă periodic evaluării instituţionale", and the University rector argues that "care se supun" means that an accredited institution can be evaluated "today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow" (and presumably, any time), not that it needs to have been evaluated in the past.[1][2] For the study year 2010-2011, 16 Master's curricula from nine of its faculties are listed as accredited in Order no. 4630/2010 of the Department of Education.[4]
On February 10, 2011[5] the University was required to have stopped any specializations and curricula which were neither accredited nor temporarily authorized, according to Art. 361 paragraph 4 of the Law of National Education.[6] The continuation of such curricula would cause the liquidation of the university and the criminal responsibility of those guilty of breaking the law.[6]
According to the newspaper Gândul, the situation of those who graduated unaccredited and unauthorized studies will be decided in September 2015, following a project drawn up by ARACIS and consulting the National Rectors' Council.[7] The Minister of Education, Daniel Petru Funeriu, recognizes that it applies to several universities and that his department does not have the right to cancel diplomas.[7]
Nonetheless, as the result of thorough internal educational assessment, Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University has been offered by ARACIS in 2010 the Certificate of High Trust Degree "Grad de încredere ridicată", the highest qualification awarded in Romania to a higher education institution.[8] The Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) is the highest official authority entitled to assess, authorize and accredit higher education institutions in Romania. In 2011, the Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University was officially evaluated by The European Association of Universities as an "education-centered university",[9] meaning that the educational process focuses more on education than on research and high research. The "education-centered university" category is the third and lowest educational quality category of the Romanian universities.[9] Education-centered universities have lost the right to organize new Master's and doctorate degrees studies programs.[9]
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Universitatea Crestina "Dimitrie Cantemir" adopta modelul "Spiru Haret" " Gândul, July 20, 2009. (in Romanian)
- ^ a b c Florea, Raul (July 19, 2009). "Cantemir după Spiru: masterate înfiinţate doar în baza legilor gramaticale" Gândul. (in Romanian)
- ^ Cristina Şomănescu Topul celor mai mari scandaluri din universităţi Money.ro, July, 19 2011.
- ^ Ordinul MECTS nr. 4630/2010
- ^ Asociația EDU CER Prevederile Legii Educatiei Nationale vor fi aplicabile din 10 februarie Campusnews.ro
- ^ a b Monitorul Oficial, anul 179 (XXIII) nr. 18/luni 10 ianuarie 2011
- ^ a b Aurelia Alexa, Situația celor care au absolvit programe neautorizate la "Spiru Haret", decisă în septembrie Gândul, July, 7 2011.
- ^ The Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. "LISTA PROGRAMELOR DE STUDII UNIVERSITARE Propuse spre analiză şi validare în şedinţa Consiliului ARACIS" (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Raul Florea, Clasificarea universităţilor. Vezi aici ce universităţi vor fi axate pe licenţă, masterat şi doctorat Gândul, September 6, 2011.
External links
- Template:Ro Official website
- Official website (English)
- Euromentor Journal, studies about education, psychology, literature (bilingual English, Romanian), print and PDF (ISSN-L 2068-780X, E-ISSN 2247-9376; older ISSN 2067-7839)