波兰私立高等教育概况

在中东欧转轨国家中,波兰最为引人注目。转轨以后,波兰高等教育迎来了前所未有的兴盛时期,主要体现为私立高等教育的飞速发展以及公立高等教育机构中自费生的剧增。本文简要介绍了波兰私立高等教育的机构数量和招生人数、形式结构、类型结构、科类机构、层次结构、性别结构和地区结构,以期对波兰私立高等教育的现状有一基本认识。     

波兰高等教育国际化的历史发展与新举措——兼议《波兰高等教育国际化计划》

随着波兰高等教育的不断发展,高等教育国际化也不断演变。2015年,波兰高等教育国际化计划推出了一系列新举措,规定了各参与主体的任务和方向,旨在推动高等教育国际化进程,提高高等教育质量和波兰的国际竞争力。波兰高等教育国际化呈现出注重多层面共同推进,明确各参与主体任务,着重科学层面的国际化发展的特点,但波兰高等教育国际化也不免存在一些问题,这对我国具有一定的启示意义。     

论哥穆尔卡的多党合作制

押哥穆尔卡主张的多党合作制,坚持共产党的领导,保留波兰的议会民主制度,坚持民主协商、多党合作、联合执政,其实质是社会主义的政党制度。它既影响了波兰社会主义时期的政党制度,也丰富了社会主义国家政党制度的理论和实践,亦具有深刻的启示。     

波兰高等教育应人口结构变化进行改革

正据《泰晤士高等教育》2014年3月6日报道波兰急剧减少的人口引发了高等教育领域的一系列问题,迫使波兰对高校进行改革以适应人口结构的变化。2014年,波兰高校入学人数骤然下降。科兹明斯基大学教授维托尔德·波莱茨基表示到2016年,波兰高校的招生人数将与高中毕业生人数持平,高等教育将出现供大于求的状     

中国高等教育应有的重要特色——开放性

中国特色的社会主义理论在党的十一届三中全会之后逐渐发展、成熟,成为我们党在新的时期工作的理论基础。毫无疑问,建设有中国特色社会主义高等教育理论也是发展高等教育的指南,因此,对建设有中国特色社会主义高等教育理论的深入探讨自然地成了高等教育关心的最重大课题。本文并不想全面讨论中国社会主义高等教育的特色,我们只着重叙述其应有的重要特色之一:开放性。     

社会主义市场经济与计划经济下高等教育系统运行机制的本质区别

本文从计划经济条件下高等教育系统的运行机制和政府行为出发，说明我国的高等教育系统在体制转型时期为适应社会主义市场经济的确立和发展，所经历的一系列改革，展望了社会主义市场经济条件下高等教育系统的运行机制，讨论了劳动力市场和高等教育市场的形成，并探讨了社会主义市场经济条件下政府宏观调控的必要性和主要手段。     

波兰大学英语教育对我国英语教学改革的启示

进入20世纪90年代,几乎所有的国家都在进行高等教育的改革。其中改革的步伐和力度倍受西方教育家瞩目的当属波兰。成功的政治改革和经济变革对波兰的高等教育产生了深刻的影响,它在管理,课程,教学和考试等方面很有自己的特色,对我们正在进行的高等教育改革很有借鉴意义。高等教育简况波兰从1999年9月1日实行新的教育体制,新体制分为小学6年、中学3年、高中3年。高等教育一般为四或五年。著名的高等学府有波兰的第一所大学,也是欧洲最古老的大学之一,是创建于1364年坐落在历史名城克拉科夫的雅盖隆大学,就是当年哥白尼所在的学校,在历史上与…     

关于成人高等教育实施学分制的几点思考

党的十四大关于建立社会主义市场经济体制目标的确立,标志着我国社会主义现代化建设步入了一个新的发展时期。我国社会主义市场经济体制的建立和健全为成人高等教育人才培养的需求展示了直接为经济建设服务的广阔前景,亦为成人高等教育的发展提供了强有力的动力机制和发展机遇,同时也为成人高等教育的改革奠定了坚实的理论基础     

二战前波兰社会党探究

波兰社会党自一战前就为了波兰的独立而斗争,并且遭受打压。在波兰独立之后,波兰社会党充分的团结了工人,为波兰的民主社会主义事业做出了积极的影响。但是因为种种局限性,最终成果仍然有限。     

“全球化视野下高等教育政治社会化功能比较研究”国际学术会议综述

由中国矿业大学高等教育研究所主办的＂全球化视野下高等教育政治社会化功能比较研究＂国际学术会议于9月18-19日在江苏徐州举行,来自美国、英国、俄罗斯、比利时、日本、丹麦、印度、波兰、荷兰等国及南京大学、华南师范大学等国内高校相关学者参加了会议。中国矿业大学高等教育研究所所长宋迎法副教授主持了开幕式,中国矿业大学副校长宋学锋教授代表学校致欢迎词,波兰卢布林居里夫人大学     

The Role of Private Universities and Colleges in the Spatial Restructuring of Higher Education in Poland

The development of private higher education institutions in Poland since 1989 has become a thorny political issue. The question is discussed in terms of the overall expansion of higher education in Poland, the Polish national development strategy, the spatial distribution of higher education institutions in Poland, and the role of higher education in the formation of the Polish national e´lite. The author argues strongly in favour of the equal treatment of private higher education.     

Polish Higher Education

This study analyzes degrees of differences between the private and public sectors of Polish higher education. It finds them to be strong: Polish private institutions function very differently from Polish public institutions and these differences correspond with those found in the literature on higher education elsewhere in the world. Polish intersectoral differences follow directions anticipated from the global literature. The study also provides material usable in policymaking by government agencies, public-private universities, and families.     

Problems of Quality Assessment in Polish Higher Education

Beginning with a discussion of the need for and the criteria of quality assessment and accreditation in higher education, the author gives a rapid survey of western European practice. She then introduces the Polish situation in which two organizations have proposed higher education evaluation and accreditation systems: the General Council for Higher Education and the Institute of Contemporary Civilisation. Both organizations have developed pilot projects with selected Polish higher education institutions. The author summarizes the criteria and procedures of the evaluation systems of both organizations. She concludes by mentioning the results of a recent Polish‐American Seminar on Accreditation and Quality Assessment.     

Perspektywy --Ten Years of Rankings

The editor-in-chief of Perspektywy, a major educational publication house in Warsaw, Poland, describes a major activity of his organization, namely the ranking of secondary schools and higher education institutions. Indeed, Perspektywy is the major Polish organization providing rankings and elaborating league tables of Polish higher education institutions. In particular, Perspektywy has teamed up with a leading Polish newspaper, Rzeczpospolita, to produce major rankings in separate listings of the main state-operated and private higher education institutions. The author explains the methodologies employed for both sets of rankings and argues that his organization provides a valuable service to college-bound youth and their parents.     

Public and Private Higher Education Institutions--Joint or Separate Evaluation and Ranking: The Polish Perspective

Since 1989, Polish higher education has been characterized by the emergence of a private sector of higher education as well as by the development of procedures and institutions for the evaluation and accreditation of higher education institutions and programmes in both sectors. Currently, the two sectors are evaluated separately by separate institutions. The authors call for the convergence of the two higher education sectors. Not only would evaluations of Polish higher education institutions thus be made more accurate and comprehensive, but the two sectors would learn from one another, and the private institutions and their students would become eligible to receive state grants.     

Institutional accreditation as an instrument of public relations: The case of the Poznan´ university of economics

In December 2000, five Polish state institutions of higher education in economics established the Foundation for the Promotion and Accreditation of Economics Programmes. Its mission, as stated in its charter, is to improve the quality of economics and management education by disseminating and supporting its best models. This mission takes on particular importance on the eve of the inclusion of Polish higher education institutions into the European Higher Education Area. This article serves as a case study based on the experience of the Poznan´ University of Economics and what it gained from its accreditation in early 2003.     

Academe in transition: Transformations in the Polish academic profession

The period since 1989 has been an extremely dynamic one in Polish highereducation. New opportunities have opened up for the academic community,along with new challenges. Suddenly, the academic profession has arrivedat a stage that combines far-reaching autonomy with rather uncertainindividual career prospects. In recent years, a number of new laws havebeen proposed that were intended to change the whole structure ofrecruitment, promotions, remuneration, working conditions, andappointments of academic faculty. All this has occurred admidst thestrains and tensions resulting from changes in the broader society. Thesudden passage from the more or less elite higher education system tomass higher education with a strong and dynamic private sector hastransformed the situation of the academic community beyond allrecognition. The transition has resulted in a new set of values andchanges in position, tasks, and roles for academe in society. Today,the future of the Polish academic profession remains undetermined. Thepositive changes were accompanied by the chronic underfunding of publichigher education. Polish academics have learned to accommodatethemselves to the permanent state of uncertainty in which they areforced to operate. The present paper analyzes the current situation fromthe perspective of global changes affecting the academic profession.     

The CRASP Research Institute: A Response to the Need for Informed Policy in Higher Education and Research

The Polish higher education system has undergone profound changes since 1989. In particular, state institutions have gained a great deal of autonomy, and private institutions have been organized. Student enrollments have skyrocketed, but funding per student has decreased, along with faculty salaries. The system of higher education as it stands today requires deft strategic management based on competent analyses and accurate information. Thus, in order to better address matters of policy, governance, and management collectively, the Polish doctoral degree granting institutions have formed the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP) that in turn has decided to support the creation of an independent research institute. The work of this Institute will cover almost all aspects of higher education and science. It will function foremost according to a networking principle. The results of its research projects will be made available, not only to CRASP itself, but also to other interested parties.     

CHANGING POINTS OF VIEW ON EVALUATION

The slow process of introducing a system of quality control and accreditation into Polish higher education since the political changes of 1990 is described. The decentralization of the state system of higher education in reaction to communist over‐centralization and the growing number of private institutions of higher education have made some system of quality control and accreditation operating at national level necessary. A TEMPUS project,” Advice for the Ministry of National Education on the Organization of a National Higher Education Accreditation Centre”, is described. The need for additional research on aspects of quality evaluation in higher education is recognized.     

The communities providing religious education and catechesis to Polish immigrants in England and Wales

Since Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004, hundreds of thousands of Polish citizens have arrived in the UK in search of work, of which the majority landed in England and Wales. This process, although not as fast now, is still ongoing. The majority of immigrants from Poland are young people who start families and have children. Many of these children are born in the UK. For this reason, it is increasingly common for the children of Polish immigrants to be covered by the local school system. In addition to general knowledge, they also have the right to religious education and catechesis. This article presents a summary of the communities providing religious education and catechesis to Polish migrants living in England and Wales. It describes the specific features of religious education in state-run schools, Catholic schools and Polish Saturday Schools. The objectives of parish catechesis conducted by the Polish Catholic missions operating in England and Wales are also outlined. The primary objective of this discussion is to present the various options for religious education and catechesis for the children of Polish immigrants living in England and Wales.