Governance strategies for university-level education amidst Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and growth

Iryna Tarasenko; Oleksii Tarasenko; Olga Chernysh; Yuliia Buhaiko; Nataliia Ivanytska

doi:10.31893/multirev.2024spe056

Keywords:

public administration

European integration

education reform

state regulation

legal regulation of education

legal support for higher education

Abstract

The restoration and optimisation of higher education institutions have become a priority task for those engaged in the field of academia. The necessity for this research arises from the requirement to safeguard Ukraine's educational system and its intellectual capital, as well as to maintain the country's national identity. Furthermore, the aspiration to integrate into the European educational space serves to intensify this relevance. The objective of this research is to analyse the vectors of state policy in higher education in the context of postwar reconstruction and development in Ukraine. The research objectives were achieved through the application of general scientific methods, including abstraction, comparison, analysis, synthesis, induction, and deduction. This article examines the potential of public administration tools in the higher education system to facilitate the innovative development of the national educational space. The study identifies four key areas for improvement in the administrative mechanisms in question: target orientation, regulation, information, and economics. The research reveals that the implementation of algorithmic governance mechanisms and long-term international funding can facilitate the optimal development of the higher education system. This can be achieved through the delineation of powers among institutions, the granting of autonomy in the management of the educational process, and the creation of a competitive environment in higher education.
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Tarasenko, I., Tarasenko, O., Chernysh, O., Buhaiko, Y., & Ivanytska, N. (2024). Governance strategies for university-level education amidst Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and growth. Multidisciplinary Reviews, 8, 2024spe056. https://doi.org/10.31893/multirev.2024spe056

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[2] Chankseliani, M., & McCowan, T. (2021). Higher education and the sustainable development goals. Higher Education, 81(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00652-w.

[3] Chankseliani, M., Qoraboyev, I., & Gimranova, D. (2021). Higher education contributing to local, national, and global development: new empirical and conceptual insights. Higher Education, 81(1), 109–127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-020-00565-8

[4] de Wit, H., & Altbach, P. G. (2021). Internationalisation in higher education: global trends and recommendations for its future. In Higher education in the next decade, pp. 303–325. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004462717_016

[5] Dooranov, A., Asanova, A., Zhumaliyeva, Z., Pyroh, O., Kolinko, N., & Duliaba, N. (2022). Tools for the Country’s Export Potential Development. Economic Affairs (New Delhi), 67(4), 573–578. https://doi.org/10.46852/0424-2513.4.2022.23

[6] Freeman, B., Leihy, P., Teo, I., & Kim, D. K. (2021). Rapid, centralised decision-making in a higher education emergency. Quality Assurance in Education, 29(4), 393–407. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-12-2020-0154

[7] Gallagher, S. E., & Savage, T. (2023). Challenge-based learning in higher education: an exploratory literature review. Teaching in Higher Education, 28(6), 1135–1157. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2020.1863354

[8] Halkiv, L., Karyy, O., Kulyniak, I., & Ohinok, S. (2020). Modelling and forecasting innovative, scientific and technical activity indicators under the unstable economic situation in the country: Case of Ukraine. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1158, 79–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61656-4_5

[9] Koval, L., Tserklevych, V., Popovich, O., Bukhta S., Hurman, O., & Komarnitskyi, I. (2020). Gender Targeting of Restaurants’ Visitors-Representatives of Generation Z. International Journal of Management, 11(6), 155–162.

[10] Kryshtanovych, M., Akimova, L., Akimov, O., Parkhomenko-Kutsevil, O., & Omarov, A. (2022). Features of creative burnout among educational workers in the public administration system. Creativity Studies, 15(1), 116–129. https://doi.org/10.3846/cs.2022.15145

[11] Legotin, F. Y. (2018). Prospects for crypto-currency and blockchain technologies in financial markets. Espacios, 39(19).

[12] Novak, O., Lytvyn, A., Laun, S., & Velykdan, Yu. (2021). Institutional management in the internationalisation of Ukrainian higher education. Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu, (5), 160–164. https://doi.org/10.33271/nvngu/2021-5/160

[13] Ohneviuk, V., & Luhovyi, V. (2022). The problem of quantity and quality in higher education in the context of the university network in Ukraine. Educational discourse, 37(2), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.28925/2312-5829.2022.21

[14] Olssen, M. (2021). Neoliberal competition in higher education today: Research, accountability and impact. A normative Foucauldian, pp. 307–327. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004464452_011

[15] Popelo, O., & Olyfirenko, I. (2022). Theoretical foundations of creating an innovative strategy for developing enterprises in the digital age. Problems and prospects of economics and management, 3(31), 91–100. https://doi.org/10.25140/2411-5215-2022-3(31)-91-100

[16] Semigina, T. (2019). Frustrations or moving forward? Ukrainian social work within the ‘hybrid war’ context. European Journal of Social Work, 22(3), 446–457. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2017.1366432

[17] Shkilniak, M., Melnyk, A., Vasina, A., Monastyrskyi, H., & Dudkina, O. (2023). Public management of the post-war renewal of Ukraine, 4. http://dspace.wunu.edu.ua/bitstream/.Accessed on September 12, 2024.

[18] Smith, D. G. (2020). Diversity’s promise for higher education: Making it work, August 6, JHU Press. https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53773/diversitys-promise-higher-education Accessed on September 12, 2024.

[19] Sokolova, E. T. (2022). The public-administrative aspect of the post-war reconstruction and reform of the higher education system of Ukraine. Tavrian Scientific Bulletin. Series: Public management and administration, 4, 58–65. https://doi.org/10.32851/tnv-pub.2022.4.7

[20] Soltanifar, M., Hughes, M., & Göcke, L. (2021). Digital entrepreneurship: Impact on business and society. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53914-6

[21] Stawicka, E. (2021). Sustainable development in the digital age of entrepreneurship. Sustainability, 13(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084429

[22] Sychenko, V. V., Rybkina, S. O., & Sokolova, E. T. (2023). Prospects for developing mechanisms of public administration in Ukraine’s higher education system in the context of post-war reconstruction. Public administration and customs administration, 4 (35), 74–78. https://doi.org/10.32782/2310-9653-2022-4.11

[23] Tarasenko, I. O., & Tarasenko, O. S. (2022). Convergence with the European educational system in the context of ensuring the competitiveness of Ukrainian universities in the post-war period. International scientific journal “Internauka”. Series: Economic Sciences, 8(64), 49–56. https://doi.org/10.25313/2520-2294-2022-8-8234

[24] Tkachenko, V. (2023). Ensuring educational efficiency activities of higher education institutions of Ukraine. In The 9th International scientific and practical conference “Scientists and existing problems of human development".pp. 276–280. Zagreb, Croatia. International Science Group. https://doi.org/10.46299/ISG.2023.2.9

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[27] Zhao, Y., Llorente, A. M. P., & Gómez, M. C. S. (2021). Digital competence in higher education research: A systematic literature review. Computers & Education, 168, 104212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104212

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