Bìznes Inform (Nov 2017)
The Statistical Monitoring and Assessment of Academic Autonomy of the Higher Education in European Countries and Regions
Abstract
The article is aimed at assessing and analyzing the level of academic autonomy of the higher education systems in the countries (regions) of Europe and determining the peculiarities of academic autonomy of universities of these countries based on the results of monitoring and research by the European University Association (EUA). The factors determining the academic autonomy have been considered. Based on the data of monitoring the status of the academic autonomy of the higher education systems in the countries (regions) of Europe, a list of indicators, measures, and weights of each measure by the indicator of academic autonomy has been provided and a comparative analysis of the education systems of specified countries (regions) according to these indicators has been carried out. The educational systems of the countries (regions) with different level of academic autonomy have been allocated and the basic characteristic of each system in this sphere has been presented. Prospects for further research in this direction is clustering of educational systems of countries (regions), including Ukraine by the level of autonomy, defining the representing country by each cluster, allocating advantages and disadvantages for each system, increasing and inhibiting the formation of autonomy of universities, with a view to a sound management of the process of autonomization of Ukrainian universities.
