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Luczaj, Kamil – Higher Education Policy, 2022
This paper discusses the precariousness of an academic profession in contemporary Slovakia and Poland. Although some of the patterns have been previously studied, this analysis sheds new light on the problems of Polish and Slovak academia as seen by foreigners, who, according to official policy, are expected to contribute to the excellence of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Salaries, Foreign Countries, Living Standards
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Luczaj, Kamil; Bahna, Miloslav – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The paper aims to examine the socio-demographic profiles of international scholars in Slovakia and the motivations which local higher education institutions have in hiring them. Slovakia is understood as a model semi-peripheral country in the global system of knowledge production. We rely on data from the Slovak Register of Higher Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Foreign Workers, Scholarship
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Klemens, Brygida; Adamska, Malgorzata – NORDSCI, 2021
The purpose of the article was to present the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the didactic process and to start a discussion on what can universities do at this specific time to meet the requirements of the Polish Qualifications Framework and also how should the didactic staff communicate with the use of virtual space to achieve the expected…
Descriptors: Barriers, Universities, COVID-19, Pandemics
Bunescu, Luisa; Gaebel, Michael – European University Association, 2018
In recent years, the enhancement of learning and teaching has become a priority, not only for higher education institutions, but also for national governments, the European Union and the Bologna Process. This report aims to map the learning and teaching landscape in 28 higher education systems and to provide insight into how teaching enhancement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Instruction, National Programs
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Dziedziczak-Foltyn, Agnieszka; Musial, Kazimierz – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2017
Higher education systems in Denmark and Poland are interesting not only due to their distinct stages of historical development, but mainly due to their size and complexity resulting in a particular policy. The main challenges faced by higher education and their corresponding policy directions have been grouped into the following categories: (1)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Educational Development
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Ostrowicka, Helena; Stankiewicz, Lukasz – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
This article presents the results of an analysis of hierarchization strategies in public debate over unemployment among university graduates. The aim of the investigation was to grasp the way that discourse controls interact with one another to produce and reinforce a particular 'truth' about the university. The objects of our analysis were the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Unemployment, College Graduates
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Sangster, Alan, Ed.; Stoner, Greg, Ed.; Flood, Barbara, Ed. – Accounting Education, 2020
This paper presents a compilation of personal reflections from 66 contributors on the impact of, and responses to, COVID-19 in accounting education in 45 different countries around the world. It reveals a commonality of issues, and a variability in responses, many positive outcomes, including the creation of opportunities to realign learning and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Crosier, David; Birch, Peter; Davydovskaia, Olga; Kocanova, Daniela; Parveva, Teodora – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2017
This report aims to provide insight into the realities faced by higher education academic staff at a time of fast-moving change and increasing societal demand. Fluctuating student numbers, new funding and steering mechanisms are among the features of today's European higher education landscape, but not enough is known about how academic staff are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Higher Education
Legowicz, Jan, Ed. – 1986
The English version of a Polish journal on higher education is presented. Included are 19 articles on the problems and experiences of these institutions, three articles on teacher's workshops, and three review articles. Titles and authors include: "Polish Science in 1973-1986" (Benon Miskiewicz); "The Humanism of the Contemporary…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Science