Diversification, Autonomy and Relevance in Higher Education in the Czech Republic
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Diversification, Autonomy and Relevance in Higher Education in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Our contribution discusses the relationship between relevance of higher education (HE), the diversification of the sector and the autonomy of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Czech Republic. It reveals that while employment-related aspects are predominant in the HE relevance discourse, there is a lack of consensus in how employability of graduates should be understood –the “narrow” short-term job-specific and “broad” transferable competence oriented perspective form a major cleavage. The national policy takes no clear stance in this discussion and only indirect measures are applied. While understanding of the role of HE remains mostly homogenous on the institutional level, the actual profiling takes place, if even, on the level of study programmes. In many cases, individual study programmes are de facto autonomous in how they understand their relevance, and they often miss a broader strategic perspective and steering on the system level. The conservativism of academia limit the diversity of education provision mostly ignoring the needs of the heterogeneous 21st century student body. In this respect, a lack of formal diversification in the HE system combined with extensive autonomy of HEIs as well as their faculties and departments makes the study provision rather slow to adapt to new challenges.
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
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N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů