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University experience and the community building

University experience and the community building. Riga , 19 th May 2014 Radosław Rybkowski, Ph.D . Jagiellonian University , Kraków, POLAND Rector’s Proxy for Alumni Relations. Overview Stages of university development Entrepreneurial university and new public management

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University experience and the community building

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  1. University experience and the community building Riga, 19th May 2014 Radosław Rybkowski, Ph.D. Jagiellonian University, Kraków, POLAND Rector’s Proxy for Alumni Relations

  2. Overview • Stages of university development • Entrepreneurialuniversity and new public management • Alumni: whoarethey? • Universityexperience and community radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  3. University development • The concept of Ronald Barnett • The metaphysicaluniversity: • earlystage; • focusing on exploringreligious, transcendentalissues • The scientificuniversity: • newdiscoveries; • exploring the force of nature; • serving the needs of the state/nation radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  4. University development • The entrepreneurial university: • employinguniversityresources (human and material) in social and economic development • university as a usefulinstitution • The bureaucratic university: • planning, evaluating and controlling • university as anintegral part/driver of change of state and globaleconomy radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  5. New university and New Public Management • Entrepreneurial/bureaucratic universitycreated a newframework for university-state relations • since the 1980s highereducation policy hasbeenanintegral and importanttool of state public policy • neoliberalapproach of internationalorganizations: OECD and the World Bank • educationhelps to reducepoverty and to stimulategrowth; • should be based on competition and free market basis; • limitedintervention of government radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  6. New university and New Public Management • The idea of McDonaldization of highereducation and McUniversity (George Ritzer) • itis not cheapeducation of poorquality; • based of measurableeffectiveness of universityactivity • McUniversitymight be managed in aneasierway: • fullymeasured; • fullyaccountable. radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  7. The role of the university The concept of Howard R. Bowen, WhoBenefits from HigherEducation—and WhoShouldPay? radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  8. University alumni • According to Walter W. McMahon alumni representsdiversgroup, with multidimensionalimportance for state, society and economy, since the alumni are: • skilledworkers; • sensible and reasonableconsumer • sensible and reasonablecitizen; engaged in varioussocial and politicalactivities radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  9. University alumni and communitybuilding The newapproach in researchintohighereducationemphasizes the non-economicvalue of college/universityexperience The SYLFF program at the Jagiellonian University (launched in 1987) promotesmore the creation of the community of engagedpeoplethanthe cohort of skilledworkers The JU SYLFF program supportsstudentsresearchatother SYLFF institutions to strengthen the SYLFF network radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  10. University alumni and communitybuilding • New understanding of entrepreneurship and innovationemphasizes the role of softskills • The community of engagedpeople: • network society; • betterunderstanding of the challenges and needs of modern world; • diversity. • The college experience (with longtradition in the USA) stillneedssomeattention in Europe radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

  11. Universityalumnus/alumna • The SYLFF program, as performedat the JU, fulfillsboth: • the goal of the founder • the ultimategoal of universityeducation • Thankyou for yourattention! radoslaw.rybkowski@fulbrightmail.org

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