The low demand for public administration programs in the Czech
Republic and Slovakia: What may be behind it?

J 2022

The low demand for public administration programs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: What may be behind it?

JAHODA, Robert, Ivan MALÝ, Juraj NEMEC a David ŠPAČEK

Základní údaje

Originální název

The low demand for public administration programs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: What may be behind it?

Autoři

JAHODA, Robert (203 Česká republika, domácí), Ivan MALÝ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Juraj NEMEC (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí) a David ŠPAČEK (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, ROMANIA, BABES-BOLYAI UNIV, 2022, 1842-2845

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50602 Public administration

Stát vydavatele

Rumunsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.000

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14560/22:00127364

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/tras.SI2022.7

UT WoS

000901652700007

Klíčová slova anglicky

public administration program; demand; enrolled; Czech Republic; Slovakia

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 23. 11. 2023 11:10, Mgr. Pavlína Kurková

Anotace

V originále

The importance of public administration (PA) education and training is obvious, any effective public administration system needs an influx of a new and well-educated workforce. Compared to the (relatively) better situation in other Central and Eastern European countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia represent a very specific case – the falling number of students in PA programs threatens the existence of the only programs with international accreditation (those at Masaryk University Brno and Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica). The aim of this paper was to investigate the reasons why so few students apply and enroll in these EAPAA-accredited programs. Qualitative research is used to achieve this goal. In the opinion of the program chairs and our secondary analysis, there are multiple factors behind the very low level of demand which critically threatens the existence of the best master’s programs in the countries studied. A very specific issue that appears to be unique for both countries is free public university education with unregulated demand. Such an environment, combined with the performance-based funding of public universities and other higher education institutions, where the number of students is a decisive factor in the amount of the public grant to the university, generates an oversupply of places offered to secondary school graduates. The role of other potential barriers for the interest to study public administration is catalyzed by the ‘oversupply’ conditions. The questionnaire, the statements of program chairs, and our secondary analysis confirm that there is a role to be played by monitoring other potential barriers – the fact that programs are run in economics faculties, limited trust in politicians, government and public administration, the system of access to the civil service and salary levels in the public sector.

Návaznosti

LX22NPO5101, projekt VaV

Název: Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik (Akronym: SYRI)

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik, 5.1 EXCELES

Přiložené soubory

715-1456-1-SM.pdf

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Citovat

JAHODA, Robert, Ivan MALÝ, Juraj NEMEC a David ŠPAČEK. The low demand for public administration programs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: What may be behind it? Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences. ROMANIA: BABES-BOLYAI UNIV, 2022, Neuveden, Special Issue, s. 99-117. ISSN 1842-2845. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.24193/tras.SI2022.7.

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JAHODA, Robert, Ivan MALÝ, Juraj NEMEC a David ŠPAČEK. The low demand for public administration programs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: What may be behind it? \textit{Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences}. ROMANIA: BABES-BOLYAI UNIV, 2022, Neuveden, Special Issue, s.~99-117. ISSN~1842-2845. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.24193/tras.SI2022.7.

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