Stručni rad
The difficulties faced by youth in achieving their common interests in the reformed system of higher education of Serbia
Mihailo Gvozdenović
Sažetak
The main goal of this paper is to provide an insight into the characteristics of young people in the “reformed” system of higher education of Serbia, i.e. the evaluation of their possibilities and obstacles in the realization of their own educational interests. Namely, considering that the Bologna Process has placed a student at the center of academic space, our intent was to examine whether this “space” in our country really fulfills all the conditions necessary for development of individual potentials of students or young people still being treated as a homogeneous group that does not influence the institutions. In this respect, the paper presents a secondary analysis of relevant researches, which served as an adequate basis for assessing the main challenges students in Serbia are facing, their diverse needs as strategic actors of higher education, and potential deviations from basic ideas of the Bologna Process, which have led to problems students are confronting today. More specifically, with this analysis, we have tried to examine two quite specific assumptions about the problems of youth in the system of higher education in Serbia: first, that the possibility for young people to adapt the conditions of studying to their own needs is still limited by the strict institutional standards and conservatism of the academic community, and secondly that such a position is not a consequence of the nature of the Bologna Process, but rather the absence of the application of its fundamental principles. Finally, we note that the nature of this work is not merely descriptive, since our idea was not only to point to current problems but also to offer possible solutions that would improve the conditions for studying in Serbia.
Ključne riječi
higher education, Serbia, students, the Bologna Process, youth
Hrčak ID:
253241
URI
Datum izdavanja:
5.3.2021.
Posjeta: 691 *