OECD Reviews of Tertiary Education
Poland
Oliver Fulton, Paulo Santiago, Charles Edquist
Elaine El-Khawas, Elsa Hackl
TABLE OF CONTENTS - 3
Table of contents
1. Introduction 5 1.1 Purposes of the OECD Review 5 1.2 The Participation of Poland 7 1.3 Structure of the Country Note 9 2. Poland: The National Context 11 2.1 Historical Background 11 2.2 Economic Context 13 2.3 Social and Political Context 14 3. Context and Main Features of Tertiary Education in Poland 17 3.1 The Tertiary Education System 17 3.2 Governance 22 3.3 Resourcing the Tertiary Education System 23 3.4 Human Resources: Academic Staff and the Academic Career 29 3.5 Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education 31 3.6 Equity in Tertiary Education 35 3.7 The Role of Tertiary Education in Research and Innovation 36 3.8 Tertiary Education and the Labour Market 39 3.9 Intemationalisation of Tertiary Education 41 4. Strengths and Challenges in Polish Tertiary Education 45 4.1 Governance 45 4.2 Resourcing the Tertiary Education System 54 4.3 Human Resources: Academic Staff and the Academic Career 60 4.4 Quality Assurance 66 4.5 Equity 68 4.6 The Role of Tertiary Education in Research and Innovation 71 4.7 The Tertiary Education System and the Labour Market 75 4.8 Intemationalisation of Tertiary Education 80 5. Priorities for Future Policy Development 83
5.1 Governing, Planning and Regulating the System 83
5.2 Resourcing the Tertiary Education System 90 5.3 Human Resources 97 5.4 Assuring and Improving the Quality of Tertiary Education 99 5.5 Achieving Equity in and through Tertiary Education 102 5.6 The Role of Tertiary Education in Research and Innovation 104 5.7 The Tertiary Education System and the Labour Market 110 5.8 Intemationalisation of Tertiary Education 114
6. Concluding Remarks 117 References 121 Appendix 1. The OECD Review Team 125 Appendix 2. National Co-ordinator, National Steering Committee, and Authors of The Country Background Report 127 Appendix 3. Programme of the Review Visit 129 Appendix 4. Comparative Indicators on Tertiary Education 135
