OSEAS * EUROPE
RESOURCES ON EAST and CENTRAL EUROPE
PRINTED SOURCES
GENERAL
- CEPES Monographs on Higher Education. Bucharest, CEPES.
- Prospects 20(2). "Globalization of Education and
Eastern Europe". By Mihály O. Horváth, 1990.
- The Encyclopedia of Higher Education. Burton R. Clark
and Guy Neave, Eds., 1992.
- TERC (Transformation Results of the National Higher
Education and Research Systems of Central
Europe) Reports. Vols.1-8. IWM, Vienna.
Changes in Central Europe: Challenges and Perspectives for
Higher Education and Research. Ed. by Colin G. Campbell and
Ralf Dahrendorf. TERC Reports vol. 6. Vienna 1994.
- A Scholars Guide to Humanities in the Soviet Successor
States: The Academies of Sciences of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan,
Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Tadzhikistan, Turkmanistan, Ukraine and Uzbekiztan.
Edited by Blair A. Ruble; Mark H. Teeter; Wesley Fisher; Lev V.
Skvortsov; Robert R. Mdivani; Viktor Pliushchev. 2nd ed, M.E.
Sharpe 1993, Published in USA, 256 pp.
- The International Handbook of Universities. International
Association of Universities/UNESCO Information Centre on Higher
Education. 1994.
- International Handbook of Medical Education. Greenwood
Press 1994, Published in USA. 544pp, Illustrations, bibliography,
index.
- The International Encyclopedia of Education. Eds.-in-chief:
Torsten Husen, T. Neville Poslethwaite. Pergamon, 1995.
- International Encyclopedia of National Systems of Education.
Ed. by T. Neville Poslethwaite. Pergamon, 1995.
- World List of Universities and Other Institutions of Higher
Education. Ed. by Ann C. M. Taylor. MacMillan, 1995.
- World of Learning 1997. Europa Publications Limited,
1996.
- World Directory of Medical Schools. WHO 1996.
- UNESCO Statistical Yearbook. UNESCO Publishing and
Bernan Press.
- 1995-96 Directory of Overseas Educational Advising Centers.
The College Board, Office of International Education.
- Mark Lazar - Judit Nagy-Darvas: Study Prepared on the Educational
Systems of East Central Europe for the Symposium 'What Does Liberal
Education Offer the Civil Society?'. The paper is available
(electronically) from the author, Mark Lazar, Director, IIE -
East Central Europe, Budapest, Hungary.
- Regulations between State and Higher Education. Edited
by J. Roeland. Kluwer Law International 1996, Published in Netherlands.
340 pp. Bibliography, index.
- Business Central Europe, May 1997. "The Weight
of Learning". By Ana Nicholls.
- Student Handbook: A Directory of Courses and Institutions
in Higher Education for 29 countries which are Non-Members
of the European Union. Council of Europe, 1998. 416 pp.
- PIER Publications. World Education Series. NAFSA.
- Journals:
Higher Education in Europe / UNESCO European Centre for
Higher Education. Bucuresti, Unesco CEPES; European Journal
of Education (European Institute of Education and Social Policy,
Paris), The Chronicle of Higher Education.
COUNTRY INFORMATION: Links and Books
ALBANIA
- Ann M. Koenig: An Overview of the Educational System of
Albania. Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc., Milwaukee,
1993.
- The Constitution and Regulation of Higher Schools.
Tirana, 1992.
BULGARIA
- The Admission and Placement of Students from the Republic
of Bulgaria: A Workshop Report . PIER Publications, 1996.
- General and Vocational Education. National Institute
of Statistics, Sofia, 1993.
- Statistical Data Handbook 1993. National Institute
of Statistics, Sofia.
- Law on School Education 1991. In: Darjaven vestnik,
No. 86. (October 18, 1991)
- Law on Academic Autonomy of the Higher Education Institutions
1990. In: Darjaven vestnik, Nos. 10. and 12. (February 2,
1990)
CROATIA
- Universities in the Republic of Croatia. The Ministry
of Science and Technology, 1996.
CZECH REPUBLIC
- Higher Education Management. "Financing Higher
Education: Czech Republic 1990-1995." By Daniel S. Fogel
and Jan Winkler. Volume 8, No.1, 1999.
- Higher Education in the Czech Republic. Center for
Higher Educational Studies, 1996.
- Higher Education in Europe. "The Accreditation
Commission of the Czech Republic - the first Four Years."
By Dana Tollingerova. Volume 20, No.1-2, 1995.
- Higher Education and Research in the Czech Republic: Major
Changes since 1989. By Jan Koucky and Jana Hendrichova. TERC
Reports, vol. 3. Vienna, 1993.
ESTONIA
- Higher Education in Estonia. Bucharest, CEPES, 1997.
- Higher Education in Estonia. Ministry of Education:
Research and Universities Department, 1996.
- Newly Independent States and the Baltic Republics: A Directory
of Institutions of Higher Education in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. A
Projects for International Education Research (PIER) Report, 1995.
HUNGARY
- Research and Development in Hungarian Higher Education.
Department of Scientific Affairs, Ministry of Education and Culture.
Budapest, 1997.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 18, 1997.
"Hungary Pushes Its Colleges to Merge With Other Institutions".
By Colin Woodard.
- Higher Education Programmes in Foreign Languages in Hungary.
Published by the Ministry of Culture and Education and the
Hungarian Equivalence and Information Center. 1996.
- The Higher Education Act of 1993 (as amended by the Act
LXI of 1996). Published by the Ministry of Culture and Education
and the Hungarian Centre for Equivalence and International Mobility.
1996.
- Hungarian Higher Education and Qualifications. Published
by the Ministry of Culture and Education and the Hungarian Centre
for Equivalence and International Mobility. 1996.
- European Education Thesaurus List of Hungarian Equivalents.
National Library and Museum of Education, Budapest, 1996.
- Higher Education Institutions 1994. Published by the
Ministry of Culture and Education and the Hungarian Equivalence
and Information Center. 1994.
- Doctoral (PhD) Studies in Hungary. Published by the
Ministry of Culture and Education and the Hungarian Equivalence
and Information Center. 1994.
- Reforms in Hungarian Higher Education, 1990-1993. Paper
prepared by the Hungarian Rectors' Conference Secretariat. 1993.
- European Journal of Education. "Perspectives,
Hopes and Disappointments: Higher Education Reform in Hungary".
By Tamás Lajos. Volume 28, No.4, 1993.
- Curriculum Studies 1(1). "A National Core Curriculum
and the Democratization of Public Education". By Z. Báthory.
- Higher Education and Research in Hungary during the Period
of Social Transformation: 1990-1992. By György Fábri.
TERC Reports, vol. 2. Vienna, 1993.
- Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice 11(2).
"Educational Testing in Hungary". By B. Csapó,
1992.
- The Admission and Placement of Students from the Republic
of Hungary. A Workshop Report Sponsored by Projects for International
Education Research (PIER), 1990.
- Journals: The Hungarian Quarterly, The Budapest Sun,
Budapest Week.
LATVIA
- Education in Latvia. Academic Information Centre -
Latvia ENIC/NARIC, 1997.
- State Higher Education Institutions in Latvia. Latvian
ENIC: Academic Information Centre (Latvia ENIC/NARIC), 1996.
- Law on Higher Education Establishments, 1995. Latvian
Parliament, 1995.
- Newly Independent States and the Baltic Republics: A Directory
of Institutions of Higher Education in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. A
Projects for International Education Research (PIER) Report, 1995.
LITHUANIA
- Documents on Higher Education and Research of the Republic
of Lithuania. Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic
of Lithuania. Leidybos Centras, Vilnius, 1998.
- Acquaintance with Lithuania. Vol. 3.: Education, Science,
New Technology. Krastotvarka, 1997.
- Newly Independent States and the Baltic Republics: A Directory
of Institutions of Higher Education in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,
Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. A
Projects for International Education Research (PIER) Report, 1995.
- State Higher Education and Research Institutions in Lithuania:
Short Guide. Lithuanian Information Institute, 1995.
POLAND
- Development of Education in Poland. Report prepared
by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Poland.
Warsaw, 1996.
- European Journal of Education. "Autonomy of Colleges
and Selection of Higher Education in Poland". By Miroslawa
Jastrzab-Mrozicka. Volume 29, No.1, 1994.
- European Journal of Education. "Higher Education
in Poland: four years after". By Janusz Grzelak. Volume
28, No.4, 1993.
- Higher Education and Research in Poland: The Inherited
Situation and the Reforms. By Stefan Amsterdamski and Julita
Jablecka. TERC Reports, vol.1. Vienna 1993.
- The Admission and Placement of Students form the Republic
of Poland: A Workshop Report. PIER Publications, 1992.
- Oxford Studies in Comparative Education (2, 1992.)
"Polish Education: Changes and Prospects". By A. Janowski.
ROMANIA
- The Education System in Romania during 1994-1995.
Prepared by Cornelia Novak and Mihaela Jigau. Published
by the Ministry of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
1996.
- European Journal of Education. "Educational Reform
and Power Struggles in Romania". By César Birzea.
Volume 31, No.1, 1996.
- European Journal of Education. "The Emergence
of a Diversified System: the State/private Predicament in Transforming
Higher Education in Romania". By Jan Sadlak. Volume 29,
No.1, 1994.
- Higher Education Reform in Romania. A Study. Prepared
by Ioan Mihailescu, Lazar Vlasceanu and Catalin Zamfir. CEPES/UNESCO
Papers on Higher Education. Bucharest, 1994.
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
- Development in Education in Slovakia. Institute of
Information and Prognoses of Education, 1996.
- Higher Education in the Slovak Republic. Ministry
of Education, 1996.
- European Journal of Education. "Higher Education
Reforms in the Slovak Republic." By Jan Pisut. Volume 28,
No. 4, 1993.
- Education in Figures. The Slovak Republic. IIPEYS,
Bratislava, 1993.
- Higher Education and Research in the Slovak Republic: Major
Changes since 1989. By Eduard Samir and Stefan Zajac. TERC
Reports vol. 4. Vienna 1993.
- Higher Education in the Czech and Slovak Republic.
Report to the OECD. By L. Harach and al. Prague/Bratislava,
1992.
SLOVENIA
- A Study of the Educational System of the Republic of Slovenia.
PIER Publications, 1995.
- Higher Education in Europe. "Assisting Quality
Assessment and Improvement in the Higher Education Institutions
of Slovenia". By Miroslav Kalisnik, Pavel Zgaga, Barica
Marentic-Pozarnik, Viljan Mahnic and Bogomir Mihevc. Volume 20,
No. 1-2, 1995.
- Slovenia. A Study of the Educational System of the Republic
of Slovenia. Working Paper, PIER World Education Series,
April 1995.
- Development of Education. National Report. Prepared
by the Ministry of Education and Sport, for the 44th session of
the International Conference in Education (UNESCO/BIE). Ljubljana,
Oct. 1994.
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2. CD-ROMs
- General: Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, Encarta, The
Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia.
- Bibliographical: Bookfind, Books in Print Plus, Cumulative
Book Index, ERIC, Whitaker's Bookbank, Ulrich's Plus
- Education: World Academic Database
Prepared by: Ildikó Ficzkó,
Educational
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