Idealism and capitalism: two sides of the beginnings of private higher education in the Czech Republic (on the Example of Anglo-American College, 1990-2001)

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Idealism and capitalism: two sides of the beginnings of private higher education in the Czech Republic (on the Example of Anglo-American College, 1990-2001)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The emergence of private higher education institutions was preconditioned by the collapse of communism and was part of the post-communist transformation, liberalization and development of the market economy in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. The article examines the development of Anglo-American College (AAC), the predecessor of Anglo-American University, from its foundation in 1990 through ten years of its unofficial existence as a higher education institution under the guise of a provider of requalification courses, to its higher education accreditation in 2001. The article documents that both idealism and capitalism were present in the history of AAC including naiveté, enthusiasm, idealism and philanthropy of bringing the Western type of education in English to Central Europe, combined with inexperience, lack of expertize and lack of a legal framework for private institutions of higher education (IHE). Administrative, managerial and financial problems led to conflicts, and improvised solutions. The accreditation process was not easy for the AAC and various symptoms surfaced, such as a distrust of foreign AAC administrators towards the Czech administrative environment, underestimation of the complexity of the accreditation work, there were language difficulties. However, the accreditation increased the quality of the AAC, bridged the distrust and brought an important institutional experience to the AAC.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Idealism and capitalism: two sides of the beginnings of private higher education in the Czech Republic (on the Example of Anglo-American College, 1990-2001)

Popis výsledku anglicky

The emergence of private higher education institutions was preconditioned by the collapse of communism and was part of the post-communist transformation, liberalization and development of the market economy in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. The article examines the development of Anglo-American College (AAC), the predecessor of Anglo-American University, from its foundation in 1990 through ten years of its unofficial existence as a higher education institution under the guise of a provider of requalification courses, to its higher education accreditation in 2001. The article documents that both idealism and capitalism were present in the history of AAC including naiveté, enthusiasm, idealism and philanthropy of bringing the Western type of education in English to Central Europe, combined with inexperience, lack of expertize and lack of a legal framework for private institutions of higher education (IHE). Administrative, managerial and financial problems led to conflicts, and improvised solutions. The accreditation process was not easy for the AAC and various symptoms surfaced, such as a distrust of foreign AAC administrators towards the Czech administrative environment, underestimation of the complexity of the accreditation work, there were language difficulties. However, the accreditation increased the quality of the AAC, bridged the distrust and brought an important institutional experience to the AAC.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název knihy nebo sborníku

On Liberal Education and the autopoiesis of Universities

ISBN

978-80-246-5475-1

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

157-180

Počet stran knihy

207

Název nakladatele

Karolinum

Místo vydání

Prague

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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