Közösségi felsőoktatási képzési központok menedzsment megközelítésben

Abstract

The Hungarian government has established a new type of higher education institution: the Hungarian version of the American community college. While the raison d’ etre of an institution that serves the local needs is inevitable, the organizational solution elaborated by the Hungarian educational government raises doubts about the viability and efficiency of the so called “community higher education centres” (CHEC). It has some flaws in terms of functions and responsibilities, mission fulfilment, learning experience and teaching quality, management and governance. Based on extensive research we propose a different organizational model as an alternative. Our model does not overrule the most important governmental principle: CHECs should not be independent institutions, but affiliates of existing universities. Yet, according to our model, CHECs should be more than just training locations of faraway universities. We underpin our proposals by analysing the deficiencies of the current model, building on our primer survey and the foreign experiences well documented in literature.