Influence of demographic changes on higher education, employment and unemployment in Poland since the early nineties of the twentieth century until 2017 Cover Image

Wpływ przemian demograficznych na kształcenie wyższe, zatrudnienie oraz bezrobocie w Polsce od początku lat dziewięćdziesiątych XX wieku do 2017 roku
Influence of demographic changes on higher education, employment and unemployment in Poland since the early nineties of the twentieth century until 2017

Author(s): Julita Jezierska
Subject(s): Economic history, Social history, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Demography and human biology, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Koninie
Keywords: demographic changes; education policy; schooling ratio; higher education; unemployment;

Summary/Abstract: In the nineties of the twentieth century, higher education in Poland developed in a dynamic way, which was manifested by a rapid increase in the number of universities, the number of students and graduates of these institutions. On the one hand the educational boom was triggered by demographic processes, and on the other, a change in the educational aspirations of the society, which was expressed by the increasing scholarization rate. The aim of the article is to analyze the changes taking place in Polish higher education since the transformation period of the nineties of the twentieth century until 2017, under the influence of transformations of the demographic structure of society and the impact of higher education on currently occurring social phenomena, employment, unemployment. The demographic processes that at the time initiated the development of higher education in the coming years will probably lead to a reduction in the number of universities.

  • Issue Year: 5/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 15-31
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish