Dropout Policy in Czech Higher Education: Can Universities Serve Several Masters?

• Authors: Václav Švec , Aleš Vlk , Šimon Stiburek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this study is to explore the way higher education institutions adapt to environmental pressures. These pressures can be represented either by various demands or by specific policies. Dropout policy is examined on a Czech case study in order to demonstrate that at the end of the day, higher education institutions respond mainly to the most pressing challenges of an economic nature in the most rational way. As a result, their traditional mission (teaching, research, the third mission), and mainly the social function of the higher education system, may be at stake. At the same time, this study illustrates how difficult it is to introduce any higher education policy without thorough evaluation of other policies in place and of various factors affecting institutional behaviour.

Keywords

EN

Demands; dropout; environmental pressure; higher education policy; organization; social mission; study success; teaching; third mission; university

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Central European Journal of Public Policy
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 126-136

Dates

published

2015-05-01

online

2016-02-16

Contributors

author

Václav Švec

• Czech University of Life Science, Prague

author

Aleš Vlk

• Tertiary Education & Research Institute, Brno

author

Šimon Stiburek

• Charles University in Prague

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/cejpp-2016-0006