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Teaching is ranked as a prestigious occupation in national opinion polls. However, teachers themselves, when asked about problems at work, reported low wages and the lack of respect from students. The discrepancy between research findings about the social hierarchy of the profession and the perceptions of teachers themselves raises questions about the factors influencing the social image of the teaching profession. This article describes the influences on teachers’ social position, based on individual interviews with current and former teachers.
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This paper examines highly paid academics – or “top earners” – employed across universities in ten European countries based on a large-scale international survey data of the academic profession. It examines the relationships between salaries and academic behaviors and productivity, as well as the predictors of being an academic top earner. While in the Anglo-Saxon countries the university research mission traditionally pays off at an individual level, in Continental Europe it pays off only in combination with administrative and related duties. Seeking future financial rewards through research does not seem to be a viable strategy in Europe – but seeking satisfaction in research through solving research puzzles is also getting difficult, with the growing emphasis on “relevance” and “applicability” of research. Thus both the traditional “investment motivation” and “consumption motivation” for research are ever-harder to be followed, with policy implications. The primary data come from 8,466 usable cases. This paper examines change processes in Western Europe and in Poland (in a European context) and its main reference point is American higher education scholarship; it is, on the theoretical plane, the founder of the conceptual frameworks to study academic salaries, and, in practical terms, the US science systems heavily draws on European scientific talents.
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The article aims at broadening the knowledge in the area of the image of a university. It provides an overview of research on factors influencing the perception of a university and its impact on the satisfaction and loyalty of students. The author also proposes a definition of the ‘university of choice.’ The paper is based on the results of research carried out on a sample of over 400 respondents – candidates for studies at a Polish state economic university: SGH Warsaw School of Economics. One of the aims of that research was to examine their perception of the image of the university. The results obtained indicate the importance of links between the educational offer, the labor market and future careers of candidates, while the conducted factor analysis provides some additional information concerning new trends in economics and business.
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Buying can be defined as a process in which money is exchanged for service. Money is in the process most commonly exchanged for food, clothing, transport, entertainment etc. This primary function of buying is in modern societies broadened and subtly changed so that buying takes over some new functions which may overshadow this primary one. Among these new functions rank high a tendency to regulate by the process of buying both positive (relaxation) and negative emotions (compulsion, compulsive buying). At the same time, buying may serve the function of achieving prestige due to the commodities and services bought. In the technical literature, all of these new functions are theorized to relate separately to self-esteem. One can therefore ask what is the relationship of self-esteem to these three new functions of buying. It is the question we tried to answer in our research. It was a study in which we tried to analyze at the same time the relationships of the tree new goals of buying among themselves and between each of them and self-esteem. At the same time, we put to the test three hypotheses according to which the striving to achieve each one of these goals of buying will be motivated predominantly by low self-esteem. In the study there took part 251 respondents in the age range from 14 to 67 years from a general population. The respondents answered two questionnaires, the Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Kreklová’s Scale of Reasons to Buy. This second scale aims to measure the three abovementioned reasons to buy. To analyze the psychometric characteristics of both questionnaires we used PCA (Principal Component Analysis). The results of the analyses of RSES show that the scale consists of two dimensions which we named positive and negative self-esteem dimensions. The results of the analysis of the Scale of Reasons to Buy revealed that the scale consists of the three dimensions postulated, e. g. relaxation, compulsion and prestige. To analyze the relationships among the variables we used correlation/regression analyses. Results of these analyses show that the three dimensions of the Scale of Reasons to Buy correlate highly with one another and that at the same time each of them relates differently to the two separate dimensions of self-esteem. To summarize: The dimension of relaxation was not in a significant relationship with either the positive or negative dimension of selfesteem. The dimension of compulsion correlated rather highly with both dimensions of self-esteem, but when put in a regression analyzes in which the shared variances of the other two reasons to buy were controlled these relationships have got close to zero and became nonsignificant. The dimension of prestige has shown the predicted strong relationship with the negative dimension of self-esteem. Its relation to the positive dimension of self-esteem was not significant. The results are in accord with the theories one can encounter in literature. According to these theories in the modern consumer society the processes of buying has got some new functions and at the same time assumed on some functions which were in former societies associated with different activities. Among the new functions pertain the regulation of positive and negative emotions by the process of buying, and striving to achieve status and prestige by the results of it (e.g. commodities and services bought). All of these functions are in the literature hypothesized to relate to self-esteem. The results of our study show that these expectations may be partly wrong: when controlling for the shared variances of predictors, the self-esteem scale relate substantially and significantly only with one dimension or reason for buying, namely with prestige. Those persons who have low self-esteem are probably predisposed to try to heighten their self-esteem by means of the commodities and services bought. The relationships of self-esteem to the other two dimensions of buying may be spurious.
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The goal of this study is to identify whether PESCO can be one of the tools for future projects in medicine and whether it can be used to strengthen the military medicine of the EU and, simultaneously, be in synergy with the civilian sector by providing support to the civilian field, and, finally, can EU member states increase their prestige through PESCO. The study, which is based on qualitative research methods, shows that based on Latvia’s case, strengthening the medical field by participating in PESCO can lead to countries promoting their prestige on the international stage, as well as strengthening civil-military cooperation to build much stronger policies within the EU member states. Firstly, the findings showed that from all 47 PESCO projects, only two are related to the field of medicine. Secondly, with the whole world being affected by COVID-19, PESCO can be used for new projects related to the field of medicine. Thirdly, different types of projects can be initiated under PESCO, for example, a new kind of transport for evacuation, new types of medical devices, the creation of new regional laboratories and research centres, development of new analytical and biotechnological equipment, improvement of logistic chains, the establishment of unique and specific training institutions for civilian and military medics, and the development and use of robotic technologies or drones. Finally, countries that engage in epidemiological security measures during COVID 19 are clearly enhancing their prestige by not only demonstrating their readiness to react to the current situation, but also by taking practical action.
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The status of Albanian in relation to the other Balkan languagesAlbanian has been in contact with other languages almost in all areas in which it is spoken, whereas the relationship with each of them differs from place to place. This study aims at describing the status of Albanian depending on its place of use and on the contacts it has with other Balkan languages. Status języka albańskiego w porównaniu z innymi językami bałkańskimiJęzyk albański pozostaje w stałym kontakcie z innymi językami niemal na całym swoim terytorium. Natomiast relacje międzyjęzykowe są różne w zależności od konkretnego miejsca. W tym artykule omówiono status języka albańskiego, w poszczególnych lokacjach jego użycia oraz jego relacje z innymi miejscowymi językami.
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The labour market is segregated both vertically and horizontally by gender. Some research has concluded that gender segregation results in a lower prestige being attributed to occupations labelled as feminine (Merkel et al. 2012, Formanowicz et al. 2012). On the other hand, gender-sensitive language that uses feminine labels for better contingency with social reality is considered a basic tool for gender equality. This article explores whether in Czech society there are differences in the level of prestige attached to 37 occupations labelled as feminine and masculine. The survey results show (sample of 642 adults that a gender difference exists only in a few occupations. In fields with a real prevalence of men or women the prestige of gender-congruent labelled occupations was significantly higher. Men’s and women’s opinions on occupational prestige are similar; this finding is interpreted in relation to social identity theory and system justification theory.
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W badaniach Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej dotyczących prestiżu zawodów Polacy niezmienne wysoko lokują zawód nauczyciela. Tymczasem sami nauczyciele pytani o problemy w pracy, obok niskich zarobków wymieniają niski prestiż zawodu i brak autorytetu wśród uczniów. W związku z rozbieżnością między wynikami badań na temat społecznej hierarchii prestiżu zawodów a percepcją samych nauczycieli pojawiają się pytania o uwarunkowania prestiżu tego zawodu. Odwołując się do wypowiedzi nauczycieli i byłych nauczycieli, zebranych w ramach badania Pozycja społeczno-zawodowa nauczycieli a szanse na szkolnym i pozaszkolnym rynku pracy, podjęto próbę wyjaśnienia istniejącej rozbieżnoci, a także wskazania czynników budujących i obniżających prestiż polskiego nauczyciela.
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Teaching is ranked as a prestigious occupation in national opinion polls. However, teachers themselves, when asked about problems at work, reported low wages and lack of respect from students. The discrepancy between research findings about social hierarchy in the professions and the perceptions of teachers themselves raises questions about the factors influencing social image of the teaching profession. The article describes influences on teachers’ social position, based on individual interviews with teachers and former teachers.
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The study addresses the importance of a higher education institution’s marketing management and brand and prestige building in relation to its applicants. The research employs a wide range of secondary data sources from around the world while mainly consisting of a case study conducted in the form of a survey. The objective is to determine homogenous groups of applicants based on how they perceive the reputation of a selected university/faculty and what their preferences are when choosing a study program. The results of the research are then used to verify whether the brand values defined by the faculty in question correspond with actual perception of its brand. Groups of applicants were determined using a K-means cluster analysis and subsequently tested for the applicants’ preferences when choosing a university and their perceived associations to the selected faculty using an ANOVA. The results show 3 basic clusters of applicants and provide an overview of a possible approach to brand building in the context of universities. They can therefore serve as a model example fit for implementation in universities in Europe and even beyond, provided cultural dimensions and the specific environment are accounted for.
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The author reviews the main elements of Richard Münch’s academic capitalism theory. By introducing categories like “audit university” or “entrepreneurial university,” the German sociologist critically sets today’s academic management model against the earlier, modern-era conception of academic work as an “exchange of gifts.” In the sociological and psychological sense, he sees the latter’s roots in traditional social lore, for instance the potlatch ceremonies celebrated by some North-American Indian tribes and described by Marcel Mauss. Münch shows the similarities between the old, “gift exchanging” model and the contemporary one with its focus on the psycho-social fundamentals of scientific praxis, and from this gradually derives the academic capitalism conception. He concludes with the critical claim that science possesses its own, inalienable axiological autonomy and anthropological dimension, which degenerate as capitalism proceeds to “colonise” science by means of state authority and money (here Münch mentions Jürgen Habermas and his philosophical argumentation). The author also offers a somewhat broader view of Münch’s analyses in the context of his own reflections on the problem.
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This article examines the theatrical activities and connections of famed Hollywood film producer David O. Selznick. Based on a study of archival materials and articles in the contemporary U.S. press, the author reconstructs Selznick's relationship to the theatre and argues that it was characterised by ambiguity. On the one hand, the producer used the theatre as a source of acting talent and a training ground for honing the skills of his contract actors; on the other hand, the theatre represented a burden in terms of time and financial resources, and its positive impact on Selznick's business and creative activities was limited, given its relatively modest audience appeal, especially compared to the mass appeal of mainstream Hollywood cinema.
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The author goes out from Helmuth Plessner’s book Die Grenzen der Gemeinschaft to show how the basic categories of Plessner’s philosophical anthropology, especially the eccentric position conception, apply to his critique of community-oriented societies like communism and fascism. Plessner saw the alternative to a community-based society in a model where social bonds took place by association, and in which the anthropological a priori enjoyed the optimum conditions for self-expression(in such dimensions of the public sphere as ceremony, prestige, diplomacy and tact).This social model also allows the full establishment of social roles in the anthropological sense, something that is annihilated by community-type societies. The author also addresses the different ways in which the “social role” category is interpreted by Plessner (the anthropological approach) and Ralf Dahrendorf (a functionalistic approach drawing on Marxism and the concept of alienation, which Plessner felt unfamiliar with), and concludes with a few concrete and methodologically grounded objections to Plessner’s theory.
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Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Rolle des äuβeren Faktors „Prestige“ im Kontakt zwischen Sprachen, die Art und Weise, wie das Ansehen, das Dominanzverhältnis die Entfaltung und die Richtung des Entlehnungsprozesses, sowie das Überleben gewisser Wörter und Strukturen und sogar das Schicksal einer Sprache entscheiden.
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This paper deals with the role of the external factor “prestige’ in the contact between languages, the way how the prestige, the dominance relationship decides the development and direction of the borrowing process, as well as the survival of certain words and structure, and even the fate of a language.
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In studies on the prestige of professions conducted since 1975 by the Public Opinion Research Center (CBOS), teachers invariably occupy a high position. In 2013, teachers were included among seven professions that are most respected by society. However, teachers themselves do not feel that their profession was socially respected. In a study of time and working conditions of teachers, respondents, when asked what benefits their job brings them, replied that it allows them to interact with people (96%) and provides them with an opportunity of personal development (85%), and about 60% indicated that the teaching profession does not bring them prestige or money. On the other hand, in the Teaching and Learning International Study more than 80% of teachers pointed to the fact that low prestige poses a problem in performing this profession, and about 40% mentioned low authority among students. The discrepancy of qualitative results between the hierarchy of professions and perception of prestige by teachers themselves are the starting point to pose the question of what determines the prestige of the teaching profession. In this article the author identifying components of the prestige of the teaching profession, shows internal diversion of the prestige of teachers, and identifying the conditions for awarding prestige to the teaching profession by different actors of school life.
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W badaniach dotyczących prestiżu zawodów prowadzonych od 1975 roku przez Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej (CBOS), nauczyciele zajmują niezmiennie wysoką pozycję. W 2013 roku znaleźli się oni w siódemce zawodów cieszących się największym uznaniem społecznym (CBOS 2013). Sami nauczyciele jednak nie odczuwają, by ich zawód był uznawany społecznie. W badaniu czasu i warunków pracy nauczycieli około 60% respondentów wskazało, że praca nie daje ani prestiżu, ani pieniędzy (Federowicz i in. 2013). Z kolei w Międzynarodowym Badaniu Nauczania i Uczenia się (TALIS 2013) ponad 80% nauczycieli wskazało na fakt, iż problemem w wykonywaniu tego zawodu jest jego niski prestiż, a około 40% wymieniła niski autorytet wśród uczniów. Zaobserwowane rozbieżność wyników badania hierarchii zawodów i percepcji tego prestiżu przez samych nauczycieli jest punktem wyjścia do postawienia pytania o uwarunkowania prestiż zawodu nauczyciela. W artykule autorka identyfikacje elementy składowe prestiżu zawodu nauczyciela, wskazuje na wewnętrzne zróżnicowanie prestiżu zawodu nauczyciela, a także identyfikacje uwarunkowań przyznawania prestiżu zawodowi nauczyciela przez różnych aktorów życia szkoły.
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W warunkach międzynarodowej współpracy i wszechobecnych procesów globalizacji trudno wyobrazić sobie rzeczywistość społeczną bez zjawiska wielojęzyczności, tak jak niegdyś nieuniknione było zaakceptowanie kultury i ponowoczesności. Jednakże podobnie jak freudowska kultura i baumanowska ponowoczesność, także wielojęzyczność stanowi pewne „źródło cierpień”. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki jakościowych badań socjolingwistycznych, których celem była analiza wartości wielojęzyczności poprzez określenie pozytywnych i negatywnych (w ocenie badanych osób wielojęzycznych) zjawisk towarzyszących szeroko rozbudowanym kompetencjom językowym, uwzględniając zarówno kwestie stricte językowe, jak i zjawiska natury społecznej. Wyniki badań wskazują na istnienie licznych problematycznych kwestii, wiążących się z umiejętnością posługiwania się wieloma językami obcymi (m.in. brak czasu na dalszy rozwój językowy, negatywne interferencje językowe, trudności w przełączaniu kodu i prawidłowym realizowaniu różnic fonetycznych). Pozytywy wielojęzyczności są jednak liczne i wielorakie. Można tu wymienić m.in. zwielokrotniony dostęp do informacji, pozytywne interferencje językowe wspomagające proces uczenia się kolejnych języków obcych, inny wymiar interakcji i więzi społecznej z interlokutorem, pozytywny wizerunek wielojęzycznej jednostki w społeczeństwie oraz posiadanie kompetencji będących źródłem prestiżu społecznego i osobistej satysfakcji.
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In line with Freund’s considerations about civilization and Bauman’s study of postmodernity, the paper presents plurilingualism as another possible source of discontent. The objective of the study was to examine both positive and negative aspects of multiple language skills, including their sociological and linguistic dimension. By means of in-depth interview and qualitative analysis of the statements of multilingual interviewees the value of plurilingualism was measured and described. The research findings show the difficulties resulting from multiple language skills (time management, interferences, code switching) and evidence the social and linguistic benefits, such as prestige, positive features attributed to multilingual individuals, greater access to information, additive language acquisition effect, facilitated international relationships and communication and last, but not least, a source of personal satisfaction.
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Popular opinions about pedagogy programs differ significantly from actual interest in the studies. On the one hand, they are popular among prospective students and those interested in studying pedagogy have a wide range of programs to choose from. On the other, these studies are considered not interesting and unattractive on the job market (cf. Klimkowska, Dudak, 2012). The aim of the research was to examine pedagogy students’ opinions about the attractiveness of the program. It focused on the respondents’ satisfaction with the studies, the choice of future careers that match their educational profile, the sense of pride at studying pedagogy, and their opinions about the prestige of the program. The study compared recent results with the results obtained six years ago and the analysis has not revealed statistically significant differences regarding the selected variables.
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The study presents the results of a qualitative survey carried out among students who study law at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, which refers to the results of a quantitative survey conducted in 2017. The qualitative research was carried out on a representative sample chosen in a deliberate-and-random manner. The research technique consisted of recording the results of direct interviews based on a standardised questionnaire. Substantive questions were aimed at identifying the reasons for the previously identified discrepancies between the prestige of legal professions as perceived by law students and their intention to pursue these professions. Definitely, the profession of judge enjoys the greatest prestige, but the future legal practitioners mostly do not indicate this profession as the one they intend to practise. Preferred are the professions related to the provision of legal assistance services, i.e. of advocate (adwokat) or attorney-at-law (radca prawny). The profession of judge is endowed with high prestige, while at the same time it is the most demanding legal profession. The difficulty of this profession consists especially in the manner of entry into the profession, the high responsibility and the stress related to the exercise of the function of judge. They have also pointed that judge’s salary is not proportionate to the workload and responsibility imposed on judges. On the other hand, the professions of advocate and attorney-at-law are the most popular ones because of the huge opportunities they offer. This includes the accessibility to these professions and the wide range of powers and autonomy of those who pursue them. They are associated with different forms in which legal assistance services may be provided, in the case of attorneys-at-law also under an employment contract.
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W opracowaniu przedstawiono, nawiązując do wyników badań ilościowych z 2017 r., wyniki badania jakościowego przeprowadzonego wśród studentów kierunku prawo studiujących na Wydziale Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie. Badanie jakościowe zostało przeprowadzone w czerwcu 2018 r. na próbie reprezentatywnej dobranej w sposób celowo-losowy. Technika badawcza polegała na notowaniu wyników bezpośrednich rozmów na podstawie zestandaryzowanego kwestionariusza. Pytania merytoryczne miały na celu ustalenie przyczyn stwierdzonych uprzednio rozbieżności pomiędzy prestiżem zawodów prawniczych wśród studentów prawa a zamiarem ich wykonywania. Największym prestiżem zdecydowanie cieszy się zawód sędziego; jednocześnie przyszli adepci prawa w większości nie wskazują tego zawodu jako tego, który zamierzają wykonywać. Preferowane są zawody związane ze świadczeniem pomocy prawnej, tj. adwokata i radcy prawnego. Zawód sędziego wiąże się z wysokim prestiżem, a zarazem to najbardziej wymagający zawód prawniczy. Na jego trudność składają się w szczególności: droga dojścia do zawodu, duża odpowiedzialność i obciążenie związane ze sprawowaniem urzędu sędziego. Wskazano także na niewspółmierność uposażenia sędziego do nakładu pracy i ponoszonej odpowiedzialności. Natomiast zawody adwokata i radcy prawnego są najbardziej popularne z uwagi na duże możliwości, jakie się z nimi wiążą, w tym dostępność do tych zawodów oraz szeroki zakres uprawnień i samodzielność osób je wykonujących. Związane są z nimi zróżnicowane formy, w jakich może być świadczona pomoc prawna, w przypadku radców prawnych również w ramach stosunku pracy.
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This article presents issues relevant for including employment status and occupational position in analyses of survey data. It describes the employment statuses distinguished by International Labour Organization (ILO) and discusses their internal heterogeneity and possible overlaps. Further, it presents the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) and discusses its usefulness for social research. It finishes with the presentation of scales (prestige and socio-economic status) and classifications (EGP and ESeC). The discussion is illustrated by examples of questions and data from large international surveys, such as the European Social Survey, the European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Program.
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Artykuł przedstawia zagadnienia związane z uwzględnianiem statusu zatrudnienia i pozycji zawodowej w analizach danych sondażowych. Tekst prezentuje kategorie statusu zatrudnienia według Międzynarodowej Organizacji Pracy (ILO) oraz omawia ich wewnętrzne zróżnicowanie i ewentualne nakładanie się kategorii. Ponadto artykuł przedstawia Międzynarodową Standardową Klasyfikację Zawodów (ISCO) oraz komentuje przydatność tej klasyfikacji w badaniach społecznych. Wreszcie – tekst prezentuje skale (prestiżu i społeczno-ekonomiczną) oraz klasyfikacje (EGP oraz ESeC). Zagadnienia poruszone w tekście są zilustrowane przykładami pytań i danych z dużych międzynarodowych sondaży, takich jak Europejski Sondaż Społeczny (ESS), European Values Study oraz Międzynarodowy Program Sondaży Społecznych (ISSP).
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In the article, I analyze the results of the evaluation process of scientific units in Poland from 2022 and 2023. The assessment period was 5 years (2017–2021). Data illustrating the state of Polish science according to the criteria set by the Minister of Science and Higher Education in 2018 and subsequent years are presented. The article specifies indicators of the prestige of science. The analysis of data presented by state authorities shows that over 47% of units submitted for the evaluation procedure received the highest – prestigious categories. This is an excellent results, but in no way translating into the position of Polish universities in world rankings. They are still low.
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W artykule analizuję wyniki procesu ewaluacji jednostek naukowych w Polsce z lat 2022 i 2023. Okres oceny wynosił pięć lat (2017–2021). Przedstawiono dane obrazujące stan nauki polskiej według kryteriów ustalonych przez Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego z 2018 roku i lat następnych. W artykule określono wskaźniki prestiżu nauki. Z analizy danych przedstawionych przez organy państwa wynika, że najwyższe – prestiżowe kategorie otrzymało ponad 47% jednostek zgłoszonych do procedury ewaluacyjnej. Jest to wynik znakomity, ale w żaden sposób nieprzekładający się na pozycje polskich uczelni i instytutów badawczych w rankingach światowych. Są one ciągle niskie.
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Autor rekonstruuje w tekście główne wątki koncepcji kapitalizmu akademickiego Richarda Müncha. Odwołując się do takich kategorii jak „uniwersytet audytowy” czy „uniwersytet jako przedsiębiorstwo” niemiecki socjolog przeciwstawia w krytycznym duchu aktualny model zarządzania nauką dawnemu nowożytnemu modelowi pracy badawczej pojmowanej jako „wymiana darów”. W sensie socjo-psychologicznym mamy tu do czynienia ze strukturą komunikacji społecznej, której rodowód sięga takich instytucji społecznych jak potlacz u indiańskich plemion Północnej Ameryki opisywany przez Marcela Maussa. Münch pokazuje podobieństwa pomiędzy tym archaicznym i współczesnym, odnoszącym się do psychospołecznych fundamentów praxis naukowej, modelem wymiany darów i na tym tle rozwija szczegółowo swą koncepcję kapitalizmu naukowego. Konkluzję tych rozważań stanowi krytyczna teza, że nauka posiada własną, niezbywalną autonomię aksjologiczną i wymiar antropologiczny, które ulegają degeneracji w toku kapitalistycznej „kolonizacji” nauki przez systemy władzy państwowej i pieniądza (Münch odwołuje się tu do filozoficznej argumentacji Jürgena Habermasa). Tekst zawiera także liczne refleksje autora poszerzające filozoficzny horyzont analiz Müncha.
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The author reviews the main elements of Richard Münch’s academic capitalism theory. By introducing categories like “audit university” or “entrepreneurial university,” the German sociologist critically sets the present academic management model against the earlier, modern-era conception of academic research as an “exchange of gifts.” In the sociological and psychological sense, the latter is a social communication structure rooted in traditional social lore, for instance the potlatch ceremonies celebrated by some North-American Indian tribes which Marcel Mauss described. Münch shows the similarities between that old “gift exchanging” model and the contemporary one with its focus on the psychosocial fundamentals of scientific praxis, and from this gradually derives the academic capitalism conception. His conclusion is the critical claim that science possesses its own, inalienable axiological autonomy and anthropological dimension, which degenerate in result of capitalism’s “colonisation” of science by means of state authority and money (here Münch refers to Jürgen Habermas’s philosophical argumentation). The author also offers many of his own reflections on the problem, which allows Münch’s analyses to be viewed in a somewhat broader context.
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