ERIC Number: ED430509
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 231
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-8204-3622-4
ISSN: ISSN-0943-688X
EISSN: N/A
Educational Research and Higher Education Reform in Eastern and Central Europe: Studies in Comparative Education, Volume 6.
Leitner, Erich, Ed.
The conference papers examine higher education reforms in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe from several research perspectives: political, economic, pedagogical, and sociological. Papers are organized in three sections: Higher Education Policies and Institutional Change; Central European Higher Education in Transition; and Higher Education Reforms in Eastern Europe. Titles are: (1) "Social Changes, Politics and Higher Education" (Claudius Gellert); (2) "Knowledge about Higher Education for Its different Stakeholders" (Maurice Kogan); (3) "Researchers and Policy Makers in Higher Education in East Central Europe" (Don Westerheijden); (4) "Institutional Innovations in Higher Education in East and Central Europe--a Progress Report" (Peter Darvas); (5) "Adaption Processes at Universities: Organizational Implications of a Complex Environment" (Barbara Sporn); (6) "Typical Features of Education and Education Reforms in Central Europe" (Jana Hendrichova); (7) "The Power of the Professoriate-Politics and Higher Education Reform in Austria" (Erich Leitner); (8) "Autonomy of Higher Education Institutions and Reforms--the Polish Case" (Ireneusz Bialecki); (9) "Academic Staff Facing a Changing University" (Elzbieta Wnuk-Lipinska); (10) "Changes in the Market of Educational Services in Poland" (Ewa Szemborska); (11) "New Challenges of Tertiary Education in East-Central Europe" (Tamas Kozma); (12) "Policy-Development and Educational Research: The Hungarian Experience" (Janos Setenyi); (13) "Renewal of Higher Education in Slovenia with Special Attention to Quality" (Sonja Kump); (14) "The Progress of Education and Higher Education Reform in Slovakia" (Maria Hrabinska); (15) "Intellectual Elite and Population of Russia about Problems of Education and Personnel Training" (Natalia Kovaleva); (16) "Development of Higher Education Reform in the Ukraine" (Igor Folvarochny); (17) "Higher Education in Romania: The Imperatives of Reform New Paradigms, New Options, New Strategies" (Ioan Neacsu); (18) "Higher Education Reform in Bulgaria" (Nickolay Popov). (Individual papers contain references.) (CH)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Excellence in Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Politics, Professional Autonomy, School Restructuring, Systems Analysis
Peter Lang, Publishing, 275 Seventh Avenue, 28th floor, New York, NY 10001-6708; Tel: 800-770-5264 (Toll Free); Fax: 212-647-7707; e-mail: customerservice@plang.com ($39.95).
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Europe
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A