POLOŽAJ I ULOGA JAVNIH UNIVERZITETA U KONTEKSTU SAVREMENOG NAUČNOG I TEHNOLOŠKOG RAZVOJA
THE ROLE AND POSITION OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Summary/Abstract: The complex issue revising the role and position of public universities is one of the most tangible consequences of socio-economic transformation in B&H. In an environment characterized by growing privatization and commercialization of HE and due to mutual and substantial lack of understanding between society and public universities, the public universities are not capacitated to respond to growing demands of global trends in Education as well as interlinking Science and Technology. This produces a direct impact on the quality of research and innovation as well as on country’s overall economic competitiveness. Only by following well defined strategic goals of HE and S&T, the public universities should redefine system of staff selection on all levels of education – from elementary to higher, reorganize research and education programs on the territory of B&H and in that way establish the standards or minimum requirements that are necessary to be followed by non-public institutions involved in higher education in B&H. In order to introduce the quality management culture into research and education processes, public universities need to keep their full autonomy and objectivity of evaluation according to EU validated standards for we are preparing. Public universities take up the burden of substantial and historical societal challenges, with no significant public support for its repositioning in overall education and socio-economical system. Therefore it is necessary to activate the rare propulsive points of true intellectual power that are able to drive B&H society towards contemporary flows of scientific, technological and wider societal progress and development.

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