Diversification, Autonomy and Relevance in Higher Education in the Czech Republic

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Diversification, Autonomy and Relevance in Higher Education in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Diversification, Autonomy and Relevance in Higher Education in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů