Reviews of Tertiary Education: Czech Republic

Towards a Competitive, Highly Diversified Czech Higher Education System......Page 7
1.1 Purposes of the OECD Review......Page 9
1.2 The Participation of the Czech Republic......Page 10
1.3 Structure of the Country Note......Page 12
The Context and Background of Tertiary Education Policy in the Czech Republic......Page 13
2.1 Institutional Landscape......Page 14
2.2 Institutional Autonomy and Management......Page 16
2.3 Funding Tertiary Education......Page 17
2.4 Student Access and Equity......Page 18
2.5 Research and Innovation......Page 19
2.6 Quality Assurance......Page 20
2.7 Regional Development......Page 21
2.8 Internationalisation......Page 22
System Structure and the Institutional Landscape......Page 23
3.1 Achievements in Diversifying the System......Page 24
3.2 Challenges in Realising a Richly Diverse System......Page 25
3.3 Policy Options for Increasing Diversity......Page 26
3.4 A New Sector within Universities......Page 29
3.5 A Supporting Policy Framework for Diversification......Page 30
System and Institutional Governance......Page 33
4.1 Limitations of Academic Self-Governance......Page 34
4.2 Developing an Effective Czech Higher Education GovernanceSystem......Page 35
4.3 Capacity Development......Page 37
Funding Tertiary Education......Page 39
5.1 A Review of Trends: the Story of Two Half-decades......Page 40
5.2 Strengths of the Current System of Financing......Page 41
5.3 The Case for Reforming the Current Financing System......Page 42
5.4 Reforms of Financing Mechanisms......Page 47
6.1 Introduction......Page 51
6.2 Study Opportunities......Page 53
6.3 Financial and Social Support Systems for Students......Page 54
6.4 Strengths of the Tertiary System Concerning Access and Equity......Page 55
6.5 Weaknesses of the Tertiary System Concerning Access and Equity......Page 56
6.6 Recommendations......Page 57
7.1 Background......Page 63
7.2 Tertiary Connections to the Labour Market: Strengths......Page 66
7.3 Tertiary Connections to the Labour Market: Weaknesses......Page 68
7.4 Policy Recommendations......Page 72
Research and Innovation......Page 75
8.1 Higher Education Research within the National Research and Innovation Setting......Page 76
8.2 The Challenges Facing Higher Education Research and Innovation......Page 77
8.3 Policy Recommendations......Page 80
9.1 Background......Page 85
9.2 Strengths of the Current System......Page 88
9.3 Weaknesses of the Current System......Page 89
9.4 Recommendations......Page 92
The International Dimension......Page 95
10.1 Enhancing the International Dimension of Czech Higher Education......Page 97
Conclusion......Page 99
References......Page 101
Appendix 1. The OECD Review Team......Page 105
Appendix 2. National Co-ordinator, National Advisory Committee, and Authors of the Country Background Report......Page 107
Appendix 3. Programme of the Review Visit......Page 109
Appendix 4. Comparative Indicators on Tertiary Education......Page 111