Private universities search for a toehold
Twenty years after fall of communism, a competitive market between public and private universities does not seem to have arrived in Slovakia. Successful private universities are the exception rather than the rule. Editors of the weekly The Slovak Spectator put into a patchwork of different perspectives on this issue also ideas of Miroslav Řádek, policy analyst of EPPP Think Tank.
Accreditation maps Slovakia’s academic landscape
Last year was in many ways historical and unforgettable for most Slovak universities. There were several scandals as media revealed one school issuing so-called express diplomas to children of academic staff (and others) and discovered plagiarized text being proudly presented by some Slovak academics as the fruits of their own work. The situation is in an article for Career & Employment Guide 2010 commented by Martin Krekáč, President of the Business Alliance of Slovakia and co-founder & chairman of the JENEWEIN GROUP, and Miroslav Řádek, analyst of EPPP.
Schools are necessary
Under the supplement Škola a rodina (School and Family), which is a regular part of the daily SME, EPPP analyst Miroslav Řádek talks about future of the projects of highly specialized private schools, that still have not been approved by Education Minister Ján Mikolaj...
Instead of accepting five thousand students the universities accepted seven thousand
Thanks to the idea of accepting thousands more students during the crisis, the number of students increased especially in general courses. About possible impact of this decision on the quality of the studies, accreditation of universities and applications of the graduates on the labor market talks Miroslav Řádek, Analyst EPPP.
Which graduates are interesting for the market?
In 2009, The Academic Raking and Rating Agency ARRA in cooperation with the portal Profesia (Occupation) published a study about the position of graduates in the labor market. In the weekly .týždeň the topic is commented also by Martin Krekáč, Senior Partner of JENEWEIN GROUP and President of Business Alliance of Slovakia.
