Description
Recent changes in higher education (i.e. the Bologna reform, internationalization) have reshaped academic work. This research examines the well-being, conditions, and performance of academics in five CEE countries. The volume analyses higher education policies and their impact on academics' well-being and work. Changes in higher education in recent decades-such as expansion, the Bologna reform, internationalization, competition for students, managerialism, and the emergence of a service-oriented approach-have fundamentally transformed the work of academics. The aim of our research, which forms the basis of this volume and is particularly relevant to the region, was to examine the well-being, working conditions, and performance of academics in five Central and Eastern European countries: Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, and Serbia. This volume consists of two main chapters that present empirical findings based on qualitative and quantitative survey data, as well as national and international statistical databases. The first chapter analyses key higher education indicators from the five countries studied and describes the educational policy environment shaping academic work. The second chapter explores the background factors and effectiveness of academics' work.
Gabrielle Pusztai & Klára Kovács: Challenges and well-being of academics on the eastern border of the European Union. The background and rationale for the book - István Polónyi: Changes in Higher Education and Academic Staff in Hungary - Dana Hanesová, Lenka Rovnanová & Patrícia Zólyomiová: Higher Education Academics in Slovakia - Imre Tódor: Academics in the Romanian Higher Education Context - Elvira Kovács & Zoltán Papp: Characteristcs of the Higher Education System and Academic Staff in Serbia - Katalin Pallay: Challenges in Higher Education and for Academics in Ukraine - Gabriella Pusztai, Zsuzsanna Demeter-Karászi & Katalin Pallay: Performance assessment: A new dimension of institutional culture - Anett Hrabéczy & Zsófia Kocsis: (Inclusive) teaching practice and well-being among higher education academics in Central and Eastern Europe - Ilona Dóra Dabney-Fekete, Ágnes Réka Dusa & Katalin Pallay: International Mobility and Its Impediments for Academics - Klára Kovács, Marianna Moravecz & Gabriella Hideg: Research Productivity and Workplace Stress among Academics - Emese Beáta Berei, Ágnes Engler & Klára Kovács: Work-Life Conflicts: A Dual Functionality Approach on Career of Academics - Edina Márkus, Judit Herczegh & Márta Miklósi: The Cultural Involvement Patterns of Academics - Klára Kovács & Ilona Dabney-Fekete: What Have We Learned About the Well-being and Performance of Academics in EU Border Region Countries?
Gabriella Pusztai is a professor in educational sociology and director of the Center for Higher Education Research and Development at the University of Debrecen.
Klára Kovács is an associate professor at the University of Debrecen and CHERD researcher, focusing on sports, well-being, and academic performance.
