Too Early or Too Late — Master Professional in Serbia
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2016-03
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ДВНЗ «Київський національний університет імені Вадима Гетьмана»
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The harmonization of modes of study and assessment within the European educational space has long since become an integral part of policy and practice of a large number of countries, including those which have started negotiations for joining the European Union, among which is Serbia. The most important transformation in this sense has been sustained by the system of higher education, with its main levers of faculties and higher vocational schools. Faculties, which cannot exist independently, but only under the auspices of universities, were given the right to organize and conduct three circles of studies. On the other hand, higher vocational schools, which can exist independently, were given the right to organize only two circles of studies. Thus, they were not given the right to organize and conduct doctoral studies. As for the second circle of higher education, faculties were given the right to organize and conduct master and specialized studies, whereas the vocational schools were given the right only to the specialized studies. Nonetheless, ten years after the introduction of the «Bologna
mechanism», the decision has been made to grant higher vocational schools the right to conduct master degree studies, however specific, as they would need to be closely related to practice. It turned out, nevertheless, that all the conditions were not yet existent and ripe for such a move, as a consequence of which the public opinion has become divided and the whole process ceased. In this paper, we explain the basic controversies, as well as the pros and cons of such a decision. We also analyze the sensitive and contentious issues surrounding the introduction of the master of vocational studies and provide suggestions as to what still needs to be closely defined and adjusted in that regard.
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Master of Applied Sciences, Bologna Process of Higher Education, Republic of Serbia
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Vasic D. Too Early or Too Late — Master Professional in Serbia / D. Vasic // Стратегічні імперативи сучасного менеджменту : зб. матеріалів ІІІ Міжнар. наук.-практ. конф. (17–18 берез. 2016 р.) : у 2 ч. / М-во освіти і науки України, ДВНЗ «Київ. нац. екон. ун-т ім. Вадима Гетьмана» ; редкол.: С. М. Соболь (відп. за вип.) [та ін.]. – Київ : КНЕУ, 2016. – Ч. 2. – С. 204–214.