Contemporary educational values in higher education

The university must take into account that its graduates are not trained unilaterally strictly professional in the field, but also more generally, to form the cultural and relational skills, fostering the encounter with science, art, philosophy as narrow specialization cannot be justified and fulfilled. By virtue of genuine autonomy, objectively, there are scientific and ethical arguments about serious problems of mankind The University is responsible for the normal development of the society both on short and long term. If certain social court focuses only on short and medium term objectives, the university is mandated to conduct activities consistent with further goals and values. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of the University of Pitesti, Romania