Philosophy of education

Abstract

Across Europe, university life is changing at an unprecedented rate. As a result practically all European universities face these changes and problems which are common to them What is the role of the university today? Should national universities provide learning opportunities regardless of economic and social needs of the country, as well as the problems that the state poses and solves? Or universities should be centers of applied knowledge, being engaged in business, taking the mission of meeting economic and social demands? These two questions represent two extreme positions, which are constantly being discussed at the Conference of European Rectors (CRE) / Association of European Universities, as well as at forums for the European Association of Research institute (EAIR) and the British Society for the study of problems of higher education (SHRE). Society often makes different and often conflicting requirements for universities, though in public education reform programs they are presented as priorities of state educational policy in the form of a plain language. All modern European societies are pluralistic, in varying degrees and the task of the university is to balance the requirements of the state, and other interested persons (natural or legal).