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International assessment of higher education systems and institutions
Bartušek, Aleš ; Koucký, Jan (advisor) ; Ryška, Radim (referee) ; Šťastná, Věra (referee)
International assessment of higher education systems and institutions DISSERTATION (2022) Ing. Aleš Bartušek ABSTRACT The dissertation responds to a relatively new phenomenon related to significant transformations of higher education systems in recent decades. The gradual globalization, massification and diversification of higher education have undoubtedly led to a shift from the traditional concept and increased the global need for the availability of understandable and comparable information. That is why the first international assessments of higher education institutions began to appear. The aim of the dissertation was to analyse these newly emerging initiatives and contribute to the correct understanding and interpretation of published data. This has been achieved by monitoring major trends in broader context and by analysing the methodologies and results of the most significant global initiatives led by Academic Ranking od World Universities (ARWU), QS World University Ranking (QS) and THE World University Ranking (THE). Despite many limitations and criticisms, published international assessments of higher education institutions are the first efforts to identify and measure quality at a global level. They are also valuable in that they stimulate discussion on this issue. By discussing the significance,...
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Legal standing of universities
Procházka, Jan ; Staša, Josef (advisor) ; Rajchl, Jiří (referee)
vii Legal Status of Higher Education Institutions Abstract The aim of this thesis is to analyse the legal status of various types of Higher education institutions within public law in a historical and contemporary perspective, to deal with their typology theoretically. Moreover, the thesis pays attention to academic self-government and the academic sphere overal and finally, it inquires into the assurance of quality of higher education in the Czech Republic in the form of the institution of accreditation. The text is divided into eight parts, including the introduction and the conclusion. The introduction analyses status of Higher education institutions in a historical perspective, particularly concerning Charles University in Prague, and through the development in the 20th century, the line of the thesis moves toward the contemporary legislation, included in the Act No. 111/1998 Sb., as amended, and in the related documents of both legal and political nature. Following this part, an analysis of the typology of Higher education Institutions follows, as well as a brief treatise on the academic sphere, including the issues of students and Academic Staff legal relations as members of the academic community. The remainder of the thesis pursues the new regulation concerning accreditation, including the new...
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