INNOVATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH IN SLOVAKIA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarína Buganová ◽  
Mária Hudáková ◽  
Mária Lusková
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Science And Research

scholarly journals Is It Working? An Impact Evaluation of the German “Women Professors Program”

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Andrea Löther
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Women Professors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Science And Research ◽  
Unique Dataset

The Women Professors Program, which was initiated in Germany in 2008, aims to increase the proportion of women professors and to promote structural change in favour of gender equality at higher education institutions (HEIs). It is one of the central gender equality policies in higher education in Germany. The present study evaluates the impact of the program by estimating its causal effects on the proportion of women professors. By adopting a quasi-experimental approach and using a unique dataset—a long term census of German HEIs—the study proves that the proportion of women professors increased more than would have been expected in the absence of the program. Although the evaluation includes preliminary estimates of mechanisms driving the described impacts, the integration of context factors and mechanisms into the assessment of the impact of gender equality policies remains a desideratum. The study shows that the program is working, and it contributes to redressing the lack of impact studies on gender equality in science and research.

scholarly journals The Bolivarian University of Venezuela: A radical alternative in the global field of higher education?

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariya Ivancheva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Public University ◽  
Global Field ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
The University ◽  
Science And Research

This article discusses paradoxes in the emergent global field of higher education as reflected in an alternative model of the university – the Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV) and the related higher education policy, Misión Sucre. With its credo in the applied social sciences, its commitment to popular pedagogy and its dependence on extensive fieldwork with communities, UBV offers an alternative model of science and research at the service of society. Drawing on my ongoing research on this university (since 2008), I present the difficulties which the homogenising standards of a global field of higher education pose to a rapidly developing mass public university in a semiperipheral country. I focus on the difficulty of developing evaluation procedures for UBV as this exposes contradictions which are both unique to this new university model and common for a world system of higher education.

scholarly journals Public Support for Higher Education Institutions from EU Structural Funds and its Evaluation: Case Study of Slovakia

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-127
Author(s):  
Peter Pisár ◽  
Martin Varga
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
European Union ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Science And Research

Abstract The European Union gives universities an important place to participate in research and development in the country. The basic research and teaching process of higher education institutions is gradually becoming more and more scientific, and the importance of science and research is growing. Th e growing importance of R&D for universities also increases the importance of public support in this area. Slovakia was eligible for support from the structural funds by joining the EU. In the period 2007 - 2013, universities have had the highest increase in science and research spending due to the use of these resources. However, it is a question of the extent to which this form of public support has contributed to the field of research and development of higher education institutions and whether there has been a real increase in their research and development activities. We examine the effectiveness of the support granted to public universities from the European Union Structural Funds on the basis of measurable indicators of granted projects and the impact of outputs on their scientific research potential in the regions of Slovakia. The results of the analysis highlighted the high level of public support for university infrastructure projects at the expense of support with a focus on intellectual property creation and patents. The discussion is focused on whether the funds allocated in this way were effective in relation to the objectives of the Operational Program Research and Development 2007 - 2013 and thus contributed to an increase of scientific and research potential at higher education institutions in the regions in Slovakia.

scholarly journals THE CRISIS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF CONTEMPORARY UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES

2021 ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Viktor Pashkov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
National Security ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
The Political ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Government ◽  
Science And Research

The article analyzes the state of the art in the Ukrainian higher education system and education reform during the post-Maidan period. Political, economic factors of university reform are examined in detail for an insight into the transformations over the last years. Special attention is paid to the close correlation between the institutional dynamics of higher education and political factors – the ideology of reform and the government policy in higher education, the political line-up in the parliament and MPs’ views on education and research. The author finds that modernization in higher education during this period was largely correlated with the dynamics of the political transformation of the government. Two periods in university policy are singled out: the reform period (from mid-2014 to mid-2016) and the stabilization period (2016–2019). The author elicits that the current crisis in the Ukrainian higher education system is caused by the attempt to implement neoliberal approaches toward university policy, while failing to address and even exacerbating unresolved post-Soviet problems. The decline in the quality of higher education has a negative impact on Ukraine's economic competitiveness, the reproduction of the nation's intellectual resources and human capital, as well as social cohesion. It may also trigger new humanitarian security challenges. In the second part of the article, the author focuses on the macroeconomic conditions for the development of higher education in 2014–2019, the dynamics of public funding and the structure of education expenditures. The analysis finds that during this period, the share of higher education expenditures in the structure of total public expenditures also decreased, and the rationale of the government was motivated by neoliberal approaches. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of science and research funding in Ukraine. Currently, academic research is in deep crisis, and the system of public funding of Research and Development is inefficient. University research remains underfunded, which results in the further deterioration of the already low research and innovation capacity of national universities. The level of public funding for science in 2014–2019 was the lowest in twenty years and amounted to 0.2–0.25 % of GDP, which did not cover even the minimum needs of the industry. The critical state of affairs in science and research is potentially a national security challenge, as it undermines opportunities for the technological modernization of the national economy, the development of innovative industries, and contributes to the leaking of intellectual resources from Ukraine.

scholarly journals Women in Higher Education Management: Agents for Cultural and Structural Change?

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Wroblewski
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Women In Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Management ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Gender Specific Differences ◽  
The University ◽  
University Council ◽  
Science And Research

This article examines whether and under which conditions a rising participation of women in higher education management contributes to cultural and structural change in science and research. In Austria, the introduction of a statutory quota regulation for university decision-making bodies like the rectorate, the senate, or the university council brought about a rapid and substantial increase in the share of female rectors and vice rectors. However, there are also gender-specific differences among rectorate members: women are significantly younger than men when they take up a rectorate position and switch less frequently from a professorship to such a position. This situation and the gender expertise of the rectors and vice rectors themselves contribute to the potential for change. Explicit gender equality goals and the establishment of gender competence as a qualification criterion for all rectors and vice rectors would be needed to make use of the potential of women in the rectorate to be agents for cultural and structural change.

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