Naslov
The new structure of higher education in the Republic of Croatia

Autori
Bošnjak, Darko ; Rajčić, Davor

Izvornik
Croatian Medical Journal (0353-9504) 36 (1995), 2; 81-84

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
higher education ; Higher Education Act ; postcommunism ; Republic of Croatia

Sažetak
After the democratic elections, the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia was enacted in 1991. Its principles made possible the formation of the new Croatian legislature. Systematic structural changes regulating the educational system were also introduced. The system of elementary education regulated by the new Elementary Education Act was the first to be reorganized in 1990. A year later, the reorganization of the secondary education system also started by the enactment of the Secondary Education Act. After numerous revisions, in which differences in the concepts and approach regarding the regulation of higher education had been confronted, the Higher Education Act (1) was enacted at the beginning of November 1993. Before that, the higher education system had been regulated by the Vocation Oriented Education Act which included the secondary education system as well. The legally established education system of that kind had become obsolete, lagging behind new social trends which had abandoned the concepts of social ownership and self-management, replacing them by private ownership system where the responsibility for work and management was placed on a specifically determined owner. In the former system of higher education, universities and their constituent parts characteristically maintained poor ties between related institutions, resulting in the absence of interdisciplinary studies (2) and curricula to suit students' individual interests. These shortcomings were overcome through the reorganization of the higher education system. On the basis of a comparative analysis of the higher education institutions at home and abroad, two types of educational institutions were established, one research-oriented (universities, schools and academies of arts) and the other vocation-oriented (professional schools and colleges). Here we present a brief outline of the changes introduced by the Higher Education Act. We hope that it will be of interest to the readers of the Croatian Medical Journal and to those interested in the transformation of higher education in postcommunist countries.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pravo

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