ERIC Number: ED368434
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1993-Dec
Pages: 23
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From the Grass: An Interview with Dr. Krzysztof Pawlowski, Rector of WSB-NLU in Nowy Sacz, Poland.
Paradiso, James; Pawlowski, Krzysztof
This document provides a transcript of an interview with Dr. Krzysztof Pawlowski, founder and president of the Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu (Higher Business School) of National-Louis University (WSB-NLU), the first private higher business school licensed by the Polish Ministry of Education. First, Dr. Pawlowski describes his initial establishment in 1991 of the Podhale Business School (PBS), a post-secondary institute for secretaries and managers in Nowy Sacz to address the shortage of professional people in post-communist Poland. Then, the PBS is described, indicating that it opened in October, 1991, with 64 students, providing a general two-year program in intensive English and computer and secretarial skills, with the best students recruited for a third year or the manager program. Then, the foundation of the WSB-NLU in 1992 is described, reviewing Dr. Pawlowski's initial contacts with and proposal to the National-Louis University in Chicago, Illinois, to establish a business school; the school's goal to provide professional skills and 22 hours per week of English instruction to medium- and low-level managers; and the recruitment of faculty for the WSB-NLU, indicating that about 25% to 30% are from the United States. Next, the operation of the WSB-NLU is discussed, indicating that faculty net about $450 for 24 contact hours per week and student tuition covers about 80% of the budget. Finally, Dr. Pawlowski reports that student quality is increasing and that plans are underway to establish departments of public administration and business law. (ECC)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Business English, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Interviews, Partnerships in Education, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Salaries, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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