doi:10.5901/mjss.2011.v2n3p354.                                                                       Download full text PDF

Reforming Higher Education In Albania: The Scientific Research

Juljana Laze

University "Aleksander Moisiu" Durres
Lecturer, Faculty of Education
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Abstract In the current development and perspectives in the Albanian education, reforms on the high education, bears the internal tendency for development, aiming on the integration of the Albanian society in the European regional development. This paper has on its focus the analysis of functioning and malfunctioning of the scientific research in Albania, which would highlight some of the problems it faces, such as: a) Low research level; b) Unclear financing strategies and c) Deep separation between research and university as well between research conclusion and market. System reformation of scientific research and technological development will lead to a rational frame in which the actors would feel estimated and the society itself would experience the investment. In terms of an opened market the process of research integration in universities is unavoidable defined from the adjustment of university offers and labor market demands.

Keywords: Scientific research; Educational reform; Challenge; Perspective.

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