The university between adaptation to change and innovation: practical issues

Abstract

The University of the Republic of Moldova being determined by the accelerated pace of change, globalization and competitiveness, social crises, needs to direct its actions for change, innovation, to prepare young specialists to cope with labor market requirements. In order to determine the level of adaptation to change and innovation, a questionnaire was applied to managers within the university. As a result, it has been found that universities are in a situation of different planning scenarios for the future and, the proposed reforms focus only on some issues of universities that choose more to adapt to the situation than to change it.