CHANGES IN FACULTY QUALIFICATIONS IN LATVIA'S REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

• Authors: Viksne D.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article describes the results of a study on faculty qualification levels in Latvia's regional institutions of higher education and related changes during a 6-year period. The article presents the results of a study on changes in the number of professors in regional higher education institutions, changes in the size of the potential professorial pool - senior readers and persons with a doctorate - as well as the role of other academic and research personnel - lecturers, researchers and assistants - in regional higher education institutions. Regional higher education institutions in the Latgale Region, the Vidzeme Region and the Kurzeme Region are surveyed. The study led to the following conclusions: an increase in the number and percentage of full time professors and associate professors attests to a consistent and significant improvement in the qualification level of faculty in these regional institutions; the number of senior readers, who constitute the pool of potential professors, in regional institutions is considerably higher than the number of professors and associate professors; and changes in the composition of the faculty could lead to higher quality in education.

Keywords

EN

FACULTY QUALIFICATION LEVELS; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (LATVIA)

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: EPC Ltd (Economic Prognosis Centre), Riga, Latvia (till March 2009 - Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Ltd)
• Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 1(30)
• Pages: 23-24
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Viksne D.

• D. Viksne, Latvian University of Agriculture, Svetes iela 18, Jelgava, LV 3001, Latvia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08LVAAAA03797597