"Results of a survey of 2500 high school and 1402 college students in Romania concerning their attitudes about success in life, school, and the role of education in success. The authors focused on identifying the way in which pupils and students relate to education, the factors that determine both categories to leave school, factors that determine students to continue their education by achieving a Bachelor degree and then a Master degree, the way in which dropout intention evolves in time." --

The precarious rights of senior citizens, especially those who are highly educated and who are expected to counsel and guide the younger generations, has stimulated the creation internationally of advocacy associations and opinion leader groups. The strength of these groups, however, varies from country to country. In some countries, they are supported and are the focus of intense interest; in others, they are practically ignored. For this is reason we believe that the creation of a network of all these associations is essential. The proposed network would act as a support for the already-existing policies of the United Nations' High Commission for Human Rights, of independent experts, and of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People. All three have long ago recommended the creation of a recognized instrument for uniting presently scattered efforts. The proposed network, therefore, will seek to promote the international exchange of relevant expertise, and it will reinforce the commitments and actions that single countries are currently taking to meet these objectives. For example, informative public events can be organised to promote particular support initiatives and to provide an opportunity for new members of the network to be presented. The network will promote health for senior citizens, disease prevention, senior mobility, safe free time for seniors, alimentary education, protection against new risks and dangers, as well as equity in the services necessary for seniors to adopt new information and communication technologies. In the case of retired academic members, the network will promote equality with respect to continuing use of digital technologies (particularly email), continuing access to research libraries, and the guaranteed ability for seniors to fund their own research programs and to deliver free seminars.

Museums are vital organizations when considering the cultural and spiritual development of society. They are not only preservers of the cultural and scientific heritage, but also educators, entertainers, as well as representatives of public opinion. In order to be effective and to actively undertake all these roles, museums have to develop and implement complex strategies of public relations, which aim at their inner public, their visitors and different stakeholders, but also a the larger society. In the last decade museums in Romania have become more active and visible. This evolution is partly due to the development of specialized PR departments in many of them. Nevertheless, the museums in Romania are not as present in the public sphere, in the media and in the life of the communities as they should and could be. The national survey undertaken by the authors reveals a narrow variety of practices and lack of professionalism, but also openness in improving the specific processes and willingness to develop.

English Abstract: More than 20 years after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, there is a renewed interest in that time, the discussions have acquired new connotations and the topic is at the center of various public debates. Previous research shows that various social groups have a contradictory image over this period, making it difficult any communication strategy focused on the importance of a museum of communism. This paper presents an action research that was the basis of an initiative to create a museum of communism starting from the perceptions, expectations and experience of visitors related to public museums. The results show that it is possible to discuss a potential audience of grading by museums consumption behavior, interest in communism, how to relate (positively or negatively) to communism and interest in information about the period.