CÍMLAP
Higher education in the Romania-Hungary cross-border cooperation area
CONTENTS, FOREWORD
Contents
Foreword
MIHÁLY FÓNAI: The relationship between socio-economic status and educational progress
KATALIN KARDOS: Former denominational school children in the higher education institutions of the Partium region
SZILVIA BARTA: The impact of moral awareness and religious practice on students' learning attitudes - a continuation of an interregional analysis
EDINA KOVÁCS: The characteristics of identity development of pedagogy students from the Partium historical region
ZSOLT BOTOND BOTTYAN - FLOARE CHIPEA: Issues regarding the integration of young Roma students in higher education
IBOLYA VERESSNÉ-GÖNCZI - ERZSÉBET RÁKÓ: The condition of the underprivileged and foster youth educated in higher education, understood through interview analysis
ILDIKÓ PETŐ - TÍMEA CEGLÉDI: Attitudes toward SEN students among Hungarian teachers
NÓRA VERONIKA NÉMETH: Pre-service teachers' reading culture and usage of media
ÁGNES RÉKA DUSA: The factors influencing student mobility plans
GYÖRGYI SZILÁGYI - ANDRÁS GYŐRBÍRÓ - JUDIT-KLAUDIA GOMBIK: The situation of the professional and adult education network, with special focus on the higher educational institutions in the Partium region
ANDOR SZŐCS - MÁRK BIRINYI: Investing in the future - the connections between learning and work
GÁBOR FLÓRA: Partium Christian University graduates on the labour market
JUDIT CSOBA - KATALIN ÁBRAHÁM: Students' plans regarding employment and adult education
RITA MÁTYÁSI - KRISZTINA BERNÁTH - ANDREA BERCE: Professional vs. social competences. What do employers expect from young employees
List of authors
Foreword
The present collection of papers is one part out of a series of HERD volumes,
which were partly published in Oradea (Romania) and partly in Debrecen
(Hungary). But what are the HERD volumes and why have they been published
in the twin cities, Oradea and Debrecen? And, above all, what is HERD?
HERD is an acronym used for research administration and management and it
stands for of the title of the joint project of the two cities, Higher
Education for Social Cohesion. The project was conducted in 2011-2012 and
it was an R&D project involving three universities (the University of
Oradea and Partium Christian University - from Oradea, Romania; and the
University of Debrecen, in Hungary). The project was financed in the frame
of the Hungary-Romania Cross-border Cooperation Programme (HURO) and it
was supported by the European Regional Development Fund. The project
investigated various means and tools through which higher education
institutions from the region might contribute to increasing social cohesion
(hence the above mentioned publications in cooperation with Debrecen and
Oradea).
The Euroregion Bihar-Bihor, where the project was conducted, requires
support for social cohesion. This cross-border euroregion has its own
history in the development of both countries, which goes back some
centuries earlier. Initially, it was created to serve as a feudal county
(the catchment area of the former fortress of Bihar). It became part of
the cross-border region called 'Partium' in the 16-17th centuries. Then,
in the 18th century, the Bihar-Bihor area formed the middle part of a new
administrative region, while in the 20th century it was split into two
parts due to the new Hungarian-Romanian border.
For historical reasons (as it was a cross-border area during the communist
era) the region became an economically and socially deprived area. Yet, its
higher education institutions are strongly committed to contributing to the
development of the region. But do they have the necessary means and tools to
do so? In the quest for answers, the present collection of studies, research
reports and essays show their realities and possibilities.
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