FOREWORD (p. 3-4)
Ioan Curtu, Mihai Floroiu
OPINIONS TO THE INAUGURAL ISSUE (p. 7-14)
I. PERSPECTIVES ON QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The Doctorate and the Organization of Doctoral Schools. Diagnosis of Status and Prospects for a Possible Future (p. 17-31)
Lazăr Vlăsceanu, Cosmina Rughiniș, Daniel David
Mathematical disciplines in the syllabi of academic specialisations supporting higher education quality (p. 32 – 43)
Dumitru Gașpar
Approaches concerning higher education quality assurance from institutional perspective (p. 44 – 54)
Bogdan Florian
Representations of the academic environment on ARACIS’ activity and role (p. 55 – 60)
Mihai Păunescu
II. REVIEWS
UNESCO Forum on Higher Education in the Europe Region: Access, Values, Quality and Competitiveness. Topical Contributions and Outcomes (p. 63-65)
Ciprian Fartușnic
Trends in Quality Assurance: A Selection of Papers from the Third European Quality Assurance Forum (p. 66-68)
Liviu Andreescu
III. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ARACIS Council’s Activity Report during 2006-2009 (p. 71 – 76)
Internal evaluation of study programmes’ quality (p. 79 – 83)
Mihail Voicu