Science and Technological Development: Towards the Enhancement of Endogenous Capacities—A View from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia     

Srbijanka Turajlić 《Higher Education in Europe》2001,26(2):181-192

Following a tour d'horizon of the development of science and science policy in former Yugoslavia, the author focuses on the application of science to development in this country after the Second World War. In particular, she examines the role of computer science in which Yugoslav scientists developed much endogenous capacity. The events following the break-up of Yugoslavia led to the isolation and the emigration of scientists, academics, and graduate students, particularly from Serbia, in the reduced Yugoslavia that remained after the break-up. During the period of sanctions, Yugoslavia was denied even the right to participate in TEMPUS projects that were underway. The TEMPUS III projects in which Yugoslavia can participate are not very helpful in rebuilding the scientific capacity of the country. The country needs assistance, possibly best given through twinning arrangements with universities in other countries, to rebuild its scientific capacity. Economic aid to rebuild infrastructures is also needed. Only when talented young scientists can look forward to a future at home will they no longer seek to emigrate.  相似文献   

Focus on Southeastern Europe: How can Universities Become Incubators of Dialogue and Reconciliation?     

Srbijanka Turajlic 《Higher Education in Europe》2000,25(2):259-263

After asking the rhetorical question, can dialogue and reconciliation be taught in the formal classroom sense, the author reluctantly replies in the negative. She cites the fact that decades of teaching the virtues of unity in diversity in socialist Yugoslavia in the schools and universities of the country did not prevent catastrophic disintegration after 1990. But then again, the universities might achieve the desired results in regard to dialogue and reconciliation by the example they set to the general public and from the stances that they take on public issues. Yet, in the Yugoslav crisis, they remained deafeningly silent. The author, nevertheless, does not give up hope that rather than adapting or adopting, the universities will lead and create.  相似文献   

Staff Recruitment in Higher Education: Country and Institutional Experiences – The Case of Serbia     

Srbijanka Turajlić 《Higher Education in Europe》2006,31(3):295-302

When the legislation on higher education in Serbia was enacted in the summer of 2005, Serbian universities started a reform process, which has still not been completed. Since the new law leaves room for any institution to organize itself within the given framework, it is hard to predict the final shape the universities are going to adopt. Consequently, this paper focuses on the existing practice in recruitment policy indicating the eventual pitfalls that threaten the institution in the reform process. In order to allow for a better understanding of the environment in which recruitment is taking place, the first part of the paper outlines the existing environment in terms of the institutional structure, financing and management. The second part concentrates on the recruitment policy.  相似文献   

Institutional Approaches to Entrepreneurialism at the University of Belgrade     

Srbijanka Turajlić 《Higher Education in Europe》2006,31(2):129-156

This article focuses on the many requests for change which the University of Belgrade, as a university in a transition country, has been facing from its foundation to the present day. Over the last decade, the University of Belgrade has had to overcome a range of difficulties in an attempt to follow European trends in reforming higher education at the institutional level. Today, it is obvious that the outcome of higher education reform will depend entirely on the academic community, which must play an active role and enter the “knowledge business”, as a prerequisite for the success of future generations of university graduates.  相似文献