Higher Education in Central Europe and its Impact on Countries' Competitiveness
Higher Education in Central Europe and its Impact on Countries' Competitiveness

Summary/Abstract: Today, twenty-six years after the fall of the iron curtain, we can see the success of CEE universities in prestigious international rankings like QS or Financial Times in the case of business education. The main obstacle for international competitiveness remains the underfunding of higher education. The donation culture still does not exist, the taxation systems do not encourage sponsoring of companies enough and the public expenditures are not sufficient. As for private schools, in most of cases, they have not yet succeeded in building an image of excellence, and that is why public universities belong to the key elements of higher education in all CEE countries. Thus, there is a big challenge for the CEE higher education to compete on the global market and to become a place to study for excellent international students.

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