Ciolan, LucianPăunescu, MihaiFartuşnic, Ciprian2024-09-252024-09-252015Ciolan, L. et al. (2015). The role of impact evaluation in evidence-based HE policy making: The contribution of transparency tools. In Curaj, A., Egron-Polak, E., Deca, L., Jami, S. (Eds.). Higher education reforms in Romania: Between the Bologna process and national challenges, (pp.25-4). Springer Nature Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08054-3_2http://localhost:4000/handle/123456789/113https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08054-3_2The author Mihai Paunescu is affiliated to SNSPA, Faculty of Political Science. This article is available on the Springer Link website at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-08054-3_2 Creative Commons License: CC. Some rights reserved."The articulation of European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and related policy processes has brought into attention a series of challenging “transition” paradoxes, mainly to the strategic steering of higher education systems and institutions, but also to the key actors in this field. High among them are the following: • From the elite to the massification of education and training; • From the local/regional approach to the global approach; • From the use of mainly governmental funds to attracting private investments; • From collegial management/steering to corporate management/steering; • From national to cross-national standards;"en-USEx-ante impact evaluationTransparency toolsBook chapter