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Държавните висши училища в България и тенденциите за развитие – година по-късно
The State High Schools in Bulgaria and the Development Trends – a Year Later

Author(s): Lilyana Valcheva, Stefan Asparuhov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Higher Education , History of Education, State/Government and Education, Social development, Family and social welfare, Social Informatics, Economic development, Globalization, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: higher education; science; universities; autonomy; quality; financing; management; reform; higher schools; syndicates; social dialogue and partnership

Summary/Abstract: The publication reveals the results of a survey conducted in the beginning of 2018 in 33 State Higher Education Institutions in Bulgaria, according to data from the National Branch Union of Higher Education and Science at the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria .In the comparative analysis, structured in two parts - first, for the whole set of state higher schools and secondly – for state higher schools systemized in six units according to the specifics of the training in them, the progress of development of the state higher schools from 31.12.2016 to 31.12. 2017 is traced on the following parameters: 1) relative change in natural indicators (number of students, number of employees, number of teachers-scientists); (2) relative change in basic wages, incl. compared to the change in the regional average gross wages, according to data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI); (3) a change in the value of the additional wages.The study is a logical extension of the publication „Systematization and Comparative Analysis of the Condition of State Higher Education Institutions in Bulgaria“ (Valcheva, Asparuhov, 2017) and is conducted on the basis of applied and forthcoming reforms in the systemof higher education and science in Bulgaria and in support of the Social Partners of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Education and Science Commission at the National Assembly – aimed at Employers – to improve the efficiency of state higher schools governance in the context of new the requirements of the Higher Education Act, the Law on the Development of the Academic Staff in the Republic of Bulgaria and other normative acts related to the way, the conditions and the order for the financing of higher education and the accreditation of the Higher Education Institutions.

  • Issue Year: 27/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 11-25
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian