ERIC Number: EJ1047286
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 15
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Between Social Tutelage and Individual Responsibility: Dilemmas of Higher Education in Eastern Europe
Peshkopia, Ridvan
Policy Futures in Education, v12 n4 p542-556 2014
What explains the crisis of the Eastern European universities, and how can they overcome it? This article tries to find the causes of such a crisis in the communist tradition and the lingering communitarian systems of thought in Eastern Europe. The current state-controlled academic systems in the region continue to reproduce such a culture. Instead, this article suggests the transformation of Eastern European universities to entrepreneurial universities focused on creating entrepreneurial graduates who invest in and benefit from their careers. A university-industry-government triple helix model would have been the right model had not industry in many Eastern European countries collapsed under communist regimes. In such a case, universities should take over the task of encouraging industry creation. Also, other societal stakeholders might help.
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Business Relationship, Universities, Entrepreneurship, College Graduates, Social Systems, Educational Change, Educational Administration, Industry, Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Government School Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Europe
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