POSITION AND ROLE POSITION AND ROLE OF OF THE UNIVERSITY THE UNIVERSITY IN SOCIETYIN SOCIETY

Assoc. Prof. Ivan OSTROVSKÝ, PhDAssoc. Prof. Ivan OSTROVSKÝ, PhD

COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVACOMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

BratislavaBratislavaOctober 2004October 2004

Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (1651) 

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

UNIVERSITY MISSIONUNIVERSITY MISSION

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

SOCIETYSOCIETY

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

government + NPgovernment + NP

PARTNERSPARTNERS

state administrationstate administration local selfgovernmentlocal selfgovernment

publicpublic

companies + NGOs +companies + NGOs +

HIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION

CHANGESCHANGES

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES

non-elite approach = massification, free accesnon-elite approach = massification, free acces higher education as a businesshigher education as a business student as a „customer“student as a „customer“ competition for studentscompetition for students globalisationglobalisation less autonomy, more governmentless autonomy, more government

Quality AssuranceQuality Assurance Transparency and AccountabilityTransparency and Accountability Open European Higher Education AreaOpen European Higher Education Area

EUROPEAN TRENDSEUROPEAN TRENDS

HISTORY OF HE IN SLOVAKIAHISTORY OF HE IN SLOVAKIA

14651465 - Academia Istropolitana = first HE institution in Slovakia- Academia Istropolitana = first HE institution in Slovakia

18631863 - Slovakia = c - Slovakia = codificationodification of a reputable Slovak language of a reputable Slovak language

19. century19. century - - United Kingdom = Academic Rights in a written formUnited Kingdom = Academic Rights in a written form

19181918 - First CSR (Slovakia) - 2,5 mil. of population - First CSR (Slovakia) - 2,5 mil. of population vs. 500 secondary educated people vs. 500 secondary educated people

20042004 - - 27 HEIs,27 HEIs, > 100 000 HE students, > 100 000 HE students,

~ 2 ~ 277 000 graduates/ year 000 graduates/ year

19191919 - Comenius University founded - Comenius University founded > 1> 11515 000 graduates/8 000 graduates/855 years years

SLOVAKIASLOVAKIA

HIGHER EDUCATION 2004HIGHER EDUCATION 2004

Trnava

Nitra

Trenčín

Bratislava

Zvolen

Žilina

Ružomberok

Institutions Number ofNumber of studentsstudents

> 20 000

10 000 - 20 000

3 000 - 10 000

1 000 - 3 000

Košice

Liptovský Mikuláš

BanskáBystrica

Prešov

< 1000

0 25

Km

50

4 2 1

Komárno

6

Number: 27Number: 27Structure:Structure: 1x military academy1x military academy 1x police academy1x police academy 1x „health care“ university1x „health care“ university 3 x Academy of arts3 x Academy of arts 4x private HEIs4x private HEIs 1x religional HEI1x religional HEI 1x ethnical HEI1x ethnical HEI 15 x public „university“15 x public „university“

Stupava

Nitra

Trenčín

Bratislava

Lučenec

Žilina Poprad

PočetPočet študentovštudentov

> 3000

2000 - 2500

500 - 1 000

KošiceBanskáBystrica

< 100

0 25

Km

50

COMENIUS UNIVERSITYCOMENIUS UNIVERSITY

Trnava

Prešov

Zvolen

Ružomberok

Liptovský Mikuláš

Komárno

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

source ofsource of EDUCATIONEDUCATION

source ofsource of KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

source of another source of another DUTIESDUTIES

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

source ofsource of EDUCATIONEDUCATION

source ofsource of KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

source of another DUTIESsource of another DUTIES

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

source ofsource of EDUCATIONEDUCATION applicants/enrolmentapplicants/enrolment studentsstudents

graduatesgraduates

4 : 1 = average ratio4 : 1 = average ratiogeographical distributiongeographical distribution40 % local 60% regional40 % local 60% regional

NO unemploymentNO unemployment

national university !national university !

Trends 1990 - 2003Number of students, teachers and running costs of CU

in 1990 - 2003

0

5 000

10 000

15 000

20 000

25 000

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

[per

son

s]

0

50

100

150

200

250

[mil

. S

k]

s

students

teachers

running costs

EducationComparison of enrolment and graduates in 1990 - 2003

1 000

2 000

3 000

4 000

5 000

6 000

enrolment

graduates

76,5%94,1%

91,6%85,5%

91,2%94,2%

93,5%87,2%

95,0%

efficiency

Education - graduates  full

timeparttime

foreigners total Proportion in SR

Bc. 414 496 6 916  

Mgr. 2 454 645 51 3 150  

MUDr. 364 0 49 413  

Bc. +Mgr. + MUDr. 3 232 1 141 106 4 479 16,65%

PhD. 34 194 17 245 29,98%CU total 3 266 1 335 123 4 724 17,12%CU proportion 18,10% 14,45% 39,68% 17,12%  

HEIs total 18 047 9 238 310 27 595 100,00%

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

source ofsource of EDUCATIONEDUCATION

source ofsource of KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

source of another DUTIESsource of another DUTIES

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

original research and/or expertiseoriginal research and/or expertise

source ofsource of KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

contract research and/or expertisecontract research and/or expertise

SCI publications

1995 2001 2002 2003•Slovakia 2 179 2 214 2 124 2 264•Czech rep. 3 755 5 276 5 280 6 184•Hungary 3 666 5 026 4 776 5 418•Poland 8 077 11 817 12 237 14 526•Austria 6 437 9 578 9 057 10 608•Slovenia 917 1 744 1 749 2 045•Estonia 448 648 652 754

Research performance

SCI publications 2003

Slovakia 2264

Academy of Science 961

Universities 1159

SUT Bratislava 245

CU Bratislava 475

Research performance

2001-20032001-2003 proportions proportions

2001 % 2002 % 2003 %

Slovakia 2214 2124 2264Academy 874 39 859 40 961 42Universities 1111 50 1112 52 1159 51

SUT 343 31 247 22 245 21CU 406 37 441 40 475 41

Research performance

Grant´s successfluness VEGA 2004total (thds. Sk) proportion (%)

SUT Bratislava 60 614 25,4CU Bratislava 60 387 25,3UT Košice 27 618 11,6U. Of Agr. Nitra 18 233 7,6UPJŠ Košice 15 309 6,4UT Zvolen 17 485 7,3UVM Košice 12 279 5,1U.of Žilina 8 754 3,7U. Of Prešov 4 223 1,8UE Bratislava 3 745 1,6UKF Nitra 3 439 1,4under 1% 1 015 2,9TOTAL HEIs 240 000

...it is ~2,3% of total state contribution allocated by the quality

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

source ofsource of EDUCATIONEDUCATION

source ofsource of KNOWLEDGEKNOWLEDGE

source of another source of another DUTIESDUTIES

UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY

cultural and social element cultural and social element

employeremployer

source of another source of another DUTIESDUTIES

Human resourcesNumber of employes 1990 - 2003

3 500

4 000

4 500

5 000

5 500

tea

ch

ing

sta

ff

350

400

450

500

550

600

res

ea

rch

ers

CU total

Teaching staff

Research staff

Economy

Income of CU in 2003 [thds.Sk]

Revenues 397 750;

18%

State contribution 1 788 188;

82%

COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVACOMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

Hope and trust in our Hope and trust in our ownownpower are the power are the watchwordswatchwords for our futurefor our future

is there a vision?is there a vision?

competing in the learning competing in the learning society...society...

competing in the learning competing in the learning society...society...

notnot competing in the competing in the learning society...learning society...

MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATION

WARNINGWARNING::

THINKING IS THINKING IS

HARMFULLHARMFULL FOR FOR

YOUR HEALTHYOUR HEALTH ! !