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POSITION AND ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN SOCIETY

Explore the historical background, challenges, and key aspects of Comenius University's mission in society and the Slovak higher education system.

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POSITION AND ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN SOCIETY

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  1. COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA POSITION AND ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN SOCIETY Assoc. Prof. Ivan OSTROVSKÝ, PhD Bratislava October 2004

  2. UNIVERSITY MISSION “If we acknowledge that universities represent sources of civil and moral teaching for preachers and country nobility to draw their strength from it and then spread it among people, great care should be paid to keeping these sources clean, neither muddied by godless politicians nor bewitched by bad ghosts.” Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (1651)

  3. UNIVERSITY   SOCIETY

  4. UNIVERSITY  • PARTNERS • public • government + NP • state administration • local selfgovernment • companies + NGOs +

  5. HIGHER EDUCATION EUROPEAN TRENDS • CHANGES • non-elite approach = massification, free acces • higher education as a business • student as a „customer“ • competition for students • globalisation • less autonomy, more government • CHALLENGES • Quality Assurance • Transparency and Accountability • Open European Higher Education Area

  6. HISTORY OF HE IN SLOVAKIA 2004 - 27 HEIs, > 100 000 HE students, ~ 27 000 graduates/ year 1919 - Comenius University founded > 115 000 graduates/85 years 1918 - First CSR (Slovakia) - 2,5 mil. of population vs. 500 secondary educated people 1863 - Slovakia = codification of a reputable Slovak language 19. century - United Kingdom = Academic Rights in a written form 1465- Academia Istropolitana = first HE institution in Slovakia

  7. SLOVAKIA

  8. HIGHER EDUCATION 2004 0 25 50 Km  Liptovský Mikuláš Žilina    Ružomberok Prešov   Trenčín  Košice Banská Bystrica  Trnava • Number: 27 • Structure: • 1x military academy • 1x police academy • 1x „health care“ university • 3 x Academy of arts • 4x private HEIs • 1x religional HEI • 1x ethnical HEI • 15 x public „university“   Zvolen  Bratislava Nitra > 20 000  Komárno 10 000 - 20 000 Institutions Number of students 6 4 2 1  3 000 - 10 000   1 000 - 3 000  < 1000

  9. COMENIUS UNIVERSITY 0 25 50 Km Liptovský Mikuláš Poprad Žilina Ružomberok Prešov Trenčín Košice Stupava Banská Bystrica Zvolen Lučenec Trnava Bratislava Nitra > 3000 Komárno 2000 - 2500 Počet študentov 500 - 1 000 < 100

  10. UNIVERSITY  • source ofEDUCATION • source ofKNOWLEDGE • source of another DUTIES

  11. UNIVERSITY  • source ofEDUCATION • source ofKNOWLEDGE • source of another DUTIES

  12. UNIVERSITY  • source ofEDUCATION • applicants/enrolment • students 4 : 1 = average ratio geographical distribution 40 % local 60% regional • graduates NO unemployment national university !

  13. Trends 1990 - 2003 students running costs teachers

  14. Education enrolment graduates efficiency 91,6% 91,2% 93,5% 95,0% 76,5% 94,1% 85,5% 94,2% 87,2%

  15. Education - graduates

  16. UNIVERSITY  • source ofEDUCATION • source ofKNOWLEDGE • source of another DUTIES

  17. UNIVERSITY  • source ofKNOWLEDGE • original research and/or expertise • contract research and/or expertise

  18. Research performance SCI publications • 1995 2001 2002 2003 • Slovakia2179 2214 2124 2264 • Czech rep.3755 5276 5280 6184 • Hungary3666 5026 4776 5418 • Poland8077 11817 12237 14526 • Austria6437 9578 9057 10608 • Slovenia 917 1744 1749 2045 • Estonia 448 648 652 754

  19. Research performance SCI publications 2003 Slovakia 2264 Academy of Science 961 Universities 1159 SUT Bratislava 245 CU Bratislava475

  20. Research performance 2001-2003 proportions 2001% 2002%2003% Slovakia 2214 2124 2264 Academy87439859 4096142 Universities1111 50 1112 52 1159 51 SUT 343 31 247 22 245 21 CU 406 37 441 40 475 41

  21. Grant´s successfluness VEGA 2004 total (thds. Sk) proportion (%) SUT Bratislava 60 614 25,4 CU Bratislava 60 387 25,3 UT Košice 27 618 11,6 U. Of Agr. Nitra 18 233 7,6 UPJŠ Košice 15 309 6,4 UT Zvolen 17 485 7,3 UVM Košice 12 279 5,1 U.of Žilina 8 754 3,7 U. Of Prešov 4 223 1,8 UE Bratislava 3 745 1,6 UKF Nitra 3 439 1,4 under 1% 1 015 2,9 TOTAL HEIs 240 000 ...it is ~2,3% of total state contribution allocated by the quality

  22. UNIVERSITY  • source ofEDUCATION • source ofKNOWLEDGE • source of another DUTIES

  23. UNIVERSITY  • source of another DUTIES • employer • cultural and social element

  24. Human resources CU total Teaching staff Research staff

  25. Economy

  26. COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA Hope and trust in our own power are the watchwords for our future

  27. is there a vision?

  28. competing in the learning society...

  29. competing in the learning society...

  30. not competing in the learning society...

  31. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WARNING: THINKING IS HARMFULLFOR YOUR HEALTH !

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