1. POSITION AND ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN SOCIETY Assoc. Prof. Ivan OSTROVSKÝ, PhD COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA Bratislava October 2004

2. Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan (1651) “If we acknowledge that universities represent sources of civil and moral teaching for preachers and country nobility to draw their strength from it and then spread it among people, great care should be paid to keeping these sources clean, neither muddied by godless politicians nor bewitched by bad ghosts.” UNIVERSITY MISSION

3.    UNIVERSITY SOCIETY

4.  UNIVERSITY w government + NP w PARTNERS w state administration w local selfgovernment w public w companies + NGOs +

5. HIGHER EDUCATION l CHANGES l CHALLENGES non-elite approach = massification, free acces l non-elite approach = massification, free acces l higher education as a business l student as a „customer“ l competition for students l globalisation l less autonomy, more government Quality Assurance l Quality Assurance l Transparency and Accountability Open European Higher Education Area l Open European Higher Education Area EUROPEAN TRENDS

6. HISTORY OF HE IN SLOVAKIA 1465 - Academia Istropolitana = first HE institution in Slovakia 1863 - Slovakia = codification of a reputable Slovak language 19. century - United Kingdom = Academic Rights in a written form 1918 - First CSR (Slovakia) - 2,5 mil. of population vs. 500 secondary educated people 2004 - 27 HEIs, > 100 000 HE students, ~ 27 000 graduates/ year 1919 - Comenius University founded > 115 000 graduates/85 years

7. w SLOVAKIA

8. HIGHER EDUCATION 2004 Trnava Nitra Trenčín Bratislava Zvolen Žilina Ružomberok Institutions Number of students > 20 000 10 000 - 20 000 3 000 - 10 000 1 000 - 3 000 Košice Liptovský Mikuláš Banská Bystrica Prešov < 1000 025 Km 50               421  Komárno 6 Number: 27 Structure:  1x military academy  1x police academy  1x „health care“ university  3 x Academy of arts  4x private HEIs  1x religional HEI  1x ethnical HEI  15 x public „university“

9. Stupava Nitra Trenčín Bratislava Lučenec Žilina Poprad Početštudentov > 3000 2000 - 2500 500 - 1 000 Košice Banská Bystrica < 100 025 Km 50 COMENIUS UNIVERSITY Trnava Prešov Zvolen Ružomberok Liptovský Mikuláš Komárno

10.  UNIVERSITY w source of EDUCATION w source of KNOWLEDGE w source of another DUTIES

11.  UNIVERSITY w source of EDUCATION w source of KNOWLEDGE w source of another DUTIES

12.  UNIVERSITY w source of EDUCATION w applicants/enrolment w students w graduates 4 : 1 = average ratio geographical distribution 40 % local 60% regional NO unemployment national university !

13. Trends 1990 - 2003 students teachers running costs

14. Education enrolment graduates 76,5% 94,1% 91,6% 85,5% 91,2% 94,2% 93,5% 87,2% 95,0% efficiency

15. Education - graduates full time part time foreignerstotalProportion in SR Bc.4144966916 Mgr.2 454645513 150 MUDr.364049413 Bc. +Mgr. + MUDr.3 2321 1411064 479 16,65% PhD.3419417245 29,98% CU total3 2661 3351234 724 17,12% CU proportion 18,10%14,45%39,68%17,12% HEIs total18 0479 23831027 595100,00%

16.  UNIVERSITY w source of EDUCATION w source of KNOWLEDGE w source of another DUTIES

17.  UNIVERSITY w original research and/or expertise w source of KNOWLEDGE w contract research and/or expertise

18. SCI publications 1995 2001 2002 2003 Slovakia 2 179 2 214 2 124 2 264 Czech rep. 3 755 5 276 5 280 6 184 Hungary 3 666 5 026 4 776 5 418 Poland 8 077 11 817 12 237 14 526 Austria 6 437 9 578 9 057 10 608 Slovenia917 1 744 1 749 2 045 Estonia448 648 652 754 Research performance

19. SCI publications 2003 Slovakia2264 Academy of Science961 Universities1159 SUT Bratislava245 CU Bratislava475 Research performance

20. 2001-2003 proportions 2001% 2002%2003% Slovakia221421242264 Academy87439859 40961 42 Universities1111501112 521159 51 SUT343 31247 22245 21 CU406 37441 40475 41 Research performance

21. Grant´s successfluness VEGA 2004 total (thds. Sk)proportion (%) SUT Bratislava60 61425,4 CU Bratislava60 38725,3 UT Košice27 61811,6 U. Of Agr. Nitra18 2337,6 UPJŠ Košice15 3096,4 UT Zvolen17 4857,3 UVM Košice12 2795,1 U.of Žilina8 7543,7 U. Of Prešov4 2231,8 UE Bratislava3 7451,6 UKF Nitra3 4391,4 under 1%1 0152,9 TOTAL HEIs240 000...it is ~2,3% of total state contribution allocated by the quality

22.  UNIVERSITY w source of EDUCATION w source of KNOWLEDGE w source of another DUTIES

23.  UNIVERSITY w cultural and social element w employer w source of another DUTIES

24. Human resources CU total Teaching staff Research staff

25. Economy

26. COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA Hope and trust in our own power are the watchwords for our future for our future

28. is there a vision?

29. competing in the learning society...

31. not competing in the learning society...

32. l MINISTRY OF EDUCATION WARNING: THINKING IS HARMFULL FOR YOUR HEALTH !