IDENTIFYING THE IMPACT OF SOME FACTORS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ERASMUS MOBILITY PROJECTS IN HEIs

<p><strong>Purpose</strong> – The paper aims to determine the impact of some factors on the performance of the management of Erasmus mobility projects in higher education institutions.</p><p><strong>Methodology/approach</strong> –There were processed a number of 427 responses obtained through questionnaires, from participants in Erasmus mobility projects, students and academic staff from Romania and abroad. The quality of responses was tested by applying Cronbach's Alpha coefficient and a factorial analysis was applied by using the principal components analysis algorithm, to group items and determine latent variables. Indicators such as, the percentage of the initial information, KMO statistics, the information retained by each item and the association coefficients, values, allowed the application of binary logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Findings</strong> – Determining the factors that have a direct influence on the performance of management of Erasmus programme.</p><p><strong>Research limitations/implications</strong> – Erasmus mobility projects are an important factor of internationalization in HEIs. </p><p><strong>Practical implications</strong> – The findings of the paper have practical applicability in improving the management of Erasmus programme in HEIs.</p><p><strong>Originality/value</strong> – Due to the pandemic situation Erasmus programme was affected by the decrease of the number of Erasmus+ mobility projects. The results of the paper may constitute reference points for HEIs in reinvigorating the programme.</p&gt

Quality management assessment within Erasmus+ Programme according to the perception of the participating students

The aim of the paper was to analyze the perception of students regarding the quality of management within Erasmus+ programme carried out by Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu and their partner academic institutions from Romania and abroad. Through this paper we also tried to determine a classification of the evaluated variables, their correlation and the factor which influences most the quality of the management of Erasmus mobility projects. In order to assess these goals, the research consisted of collecting, processing and analyzing the responses to questionnaires from 66 Romanian students and 165 foreign students who have benefited from an Erasmus+ study or placement mobility in the last years. The findings highlighted that Romanian students compared to foreign students assessed better the quality of management in general, more exactly the variables related to promotion and information activities, quality and professionalism of the Erasmus selection competition, support in filling out the Erasmus documents, the level of support throughout the application process, information and support provided by the home university during their mobility and the support for the administrative part after returning from mobility