Competitiveness of V4 Countries in the Field of Higher Education
Competitiveness of V4 Countries in the Field of Higher Education

Author(s): Elena Šira, Dana Kiseľáková, Beata Šofranková
Subject(s): Higher Education , State/Government and Education
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: V4 countries; higher education; Global Competitiveness Index;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse the competitiveness of selected countries in the field of higher education. We choose countries from the group named V4 - the Czech Republic, The Slovak Republic, Hungary and Poland. From the organisations, that evaluate the competitiveness of the countries, we choose the World Economic Forum. This organisation published the Global Competitiveness Index. The fifth pillar of that index is dedicated to higher education and training. So we analyse the position of V4 countries in this 5th pillar during the 5 years period and try to show, which country is the most competitive in this pillar. In the next part of the article, we analyse other factors, which may affect the competitiveness in higher education. The dependence between selected indicators, the position in the 5th pillar of GCI is analysed according to position of the countries in world known ranking from the area of education.

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