In Search of Excellence in Higher Education
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In search of excellence in higher education June 2019 Center for International Higher Education Studies Corvinus University of Budapest In search of excellence in higher education June 2019 Editors: Gergely Kováts, Zoltán Rónay CIHES book series 3. / NFKK kötetek 3. ISSN 2060-9698 ISBN 978-963-503-779-7 Responsible for publication: András Lánczi Technical editor: Gergely Kováts Proofreading: Timmur Ray Ponder Published by: Corvinus Universy of Budapest Digital Press Printing manager: Erika Dobozi Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................................................................................... 3 Authors/Editors ......................................................................................................... 5 Preface........................................................................................................................ 7 CHALLENGES ON SYSTEM AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL .......................... 9 The Curse of the Small Countries: Trends, Challenges and Perspectives in the Development of a Macedonian Higher Education Quality Assurance.......... 11 Suzana PECAKOVSKA Church Contributions to the Transformation of Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe ................................................................................................. 29 Gabriella PUSZTAI, Enikő MAIOR, Zsuzsanna DEMETER KARÁSZI ’Best Practice’ Organizational and Management Solutions in some Successful Higher Education Institutions ............................................................. 41 Gabriella KECZER, Gergely KOVÁTS Consistory – the obscure subject of state control ............................................... 71 Zoltán RÓNAY May contain traces of knowledge-transfer. Academia-business collaboration in Hungary in the era of dual study programmes ......................... 87 Loretta HUSZÁK Coping with paradoxes or how to construct a sustainable career in academia? .............................................................................................................. 103 Andrea TOARNICZKY, Andrea JUHÁSZNÉ KLÉR, Zsuzsanna KUN, Éva VAJDA, Vanda HARMAT, Boglárka KOMÁROMI TEACHING FOR EXCELLENCE, TEACHING THE EXCELLENCE .................. 123 Methods of quality improvement in higher education at Óbuda University, Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering ............................. 125 Gabriella FARKAS, András HORVÁTH, Georgina Nóra TÓTH Who are the most important “suppliers” for universities? Ranking secondary schools based on their students’ university performance ............. 133 Noémi HORVÁTH – Roland MOLONTAY – Mihály SZABÓ 3 Table of contents Developing the Supply Chain Management MA Program at Corvinus University of Budapest – improving the education program and implementing an assurance of learning system ................................................. 145 Judit NAGY, Orsolya DIÓFÁSI-KOVÁCS Subjective factors of course evaluation. Can we rely on undergraduates’ opinion? .................................................................................................................. 157 Annamaria KAZAI ÓNODI Perspectives on Teachers’ Professional Development and Quality Teaching ................................................................................................................................. 167 Taisia MUZAFAROVA The Impact of Dual Higher Education on the Development of Non-Cognitive Skills ........................................................................................................................ 179 Monika POGATSNIK Successful students with disabilities and learning difficulties in higher education in Hungary ............................................................................................. 191 Anett HRABÉCZY EXCELLENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION ARENA ......... 205 Internationalization of Széchenyi István University ............................................ 207 Eszter LUKÁCS Facing the Challenges of Erasmus+ Mobility in the Periphery .......................... 233 Janka HUJÁK, Jakub DOSTÁL The Impact of Nation Brand on International Students in International Student Mobility ..................................................................................................... 261 Anna MOLNÁRNÉ SÁLYI What do international students think after they finished their education in Hungary? Post-studies research with students from the field of economics .. 267 Anita KÉRI, Balázs RÉVÉSZ CONFERENCE DOCUMENTS ................................................................ 285 Program of the conference .................................................................................... 287 Abstracts of keynote speeches ............................................................................ 289 Authors/Editors DEMETER KARÁSZI, Zsuzsanna, University of Debrecen, Hungary DIÓFÁSI-KOVÁCS, Orsolya, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary DOSTÁL, Jakub, College of Polytechnics Jihlava, Czech Republic FARKAS, Gabriella, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary HARMAT, Vanda, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary HORVÁTH, András, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary HORVÁTH, Noémi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary HRABÉCZY, Anett, University, of Debrecen, Hungary HUJÁK, Janka, Pannon University, Veszprém, Hungary HUSZÁK, Loretta, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary KAZAI ÓNODI, Annamaria, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary KECZER, Gabriella, University of Szeged, Hungary KÉRI, Anita, University of Szeged, Hungary KLÉR, Andrea, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary KOMÁROMI, Boglárka, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary KOVÁTS, Gergely, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary KUN, Zsuzsanna, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary LUKÁCS, Eszter, Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary MAIOR, Enikő, Partium Christian University, Romania MOLNÁRNÉ SÁLYI, Anna, University of Pécs, Hungary MOLONTAY, Roland, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary MUZAFAROVA, Taisia, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary NAGY, Judit, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary PECAKOVSKA, Suzana, Foundation Open Society-Macedonia, Macedonia 5 POGATSNIK, Monika, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary PUSZTAI, Gabriella, University of Debrecen, Hungary RÉVÉSZ, Balázs, University of Szeged, Hungary RÓNAY, Zoltán, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary SZABÓ, Mihály, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary TOARNICZKY, Andrea, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary TÓTH, Georgina Nóra, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary VAJDA, Éva, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary Preface In 2017 Ulm University organized the 1st Danube Conference for leaders, policy makers and researchers of higher education from the Danube countries. The Corvinus University of Budapest carried on this initiative by organizing the 2nd Danube Conference in cooperation with Ulm University and with the generous support of Péter Horváth Foundation. Higher education systems and institutions have been under the constant pressure of performance and efficiency since their considerable expansion in the 1990s. This pressure increased in the last decades as a result of the financial crisis, the spreading of international and national rankings, and the growing competition for international students. The main focus of the conference was to identify and present good management and policy practices, which could be interesting for other countries and institutions. The cultural proximity of the Danube countries provides an opportunity for the successful adaptation of such good practices. Therefore, the conference was intended to provide publicity for these practices. However, the book is not only the summary of the conference presentations, but an individual volume of seventeen completed papers authored by thirty-two scholars from four Central and Eastern Europe countries as well. Although papers were written on various topics, there is a common notion in all of them: they wish to explore what makes higher education institutions (or systems) excellent. The first chapter discusses various challenges leaders and policy-makers face on the system and organizational level from quality assurance to business-university collaborations, from early-career researchers to supervising bodies. The second chapter focuses on the connection between teaching and excellence. This relationship is based on two different points of view. Teaching is one of the main tasks of higher education institutions which aims to increase excellence, that is, develop individuals as well as society as a whole. However, teaching also contributes to the excellence of the institution. The chapter includes papers about teaching methods, program developments, quality assurance, and rankings. The third chapter leaves the national context and discovers the international dimensions of excellence. Studies are looking for the answer to the question of how internationalization can influence the excellence of the higher education institutions, of the 7 students, and how the higher education institutions can handle the difficulties stemming from students with different nationality and background. Most papers focus on real practices and good practices. Even if some of the practices are less successful than others, we hope there is a possibility to learn from each of them. Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Péter Horváth for his generous support, which made possible to organize the conference