A Doctoral Dissertation Presented to the Polish National Ministry of Education
Dr. David J. P. Marzak
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
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Research Methods
Need for the Study
Definition of Community College
Procedures and Methods of Analysis
Limitations
Delimitations
Significance of the Study
Organization of the Study
2. HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY AND SOLIDARITY
The Evolution of Polish Democratic Thought
The Partitioning of Poland
The Constitution of May 3, 1791
The Polaniec Manifesto and the 1794 Uprising
Manifesto of the Polish Democratic Society
Poland Between the Wars
Solidarity
3. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
Assumption Number 1: Equal Opportunity for the Individual
Assumption Number 2: Value to Democratic Government.
Assumption Number 3: Value to Society
Assumption Number 4: State Responsibility
Assumption Number 5: Local Control
Assumption Number 6: Post High School Education
Other Assumptions
Historic Rise of the Polish Worker
The Abrupt Transition from Totalitarian Rule
Expansion of Secondary Education Increases Demand for Post-secondary Education
Summary
4. THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Expanding Higher Education in Poland
Innovations in Higher Education
The Idea of a Community College
The Community College Curricula
College Transfer
Success of Transfer Students in Four Year Colleges and Universities
The Liberal Education of Manual Workers
Adult Education
Remedial Education
Summary
5. COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCESS AND ORGANIZATION
The Effect of Proximity and Cost on Community College Access
Community College Organization
The Community College as Part of a University
The Community College as Part of a College
Combining Secondary Technical Schools and Community Colleges
Curricula and Community College Organization
Organizational Benefits of a College Campus
Summary
6 THE POLISH SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
Early Origins
The Commission of National Education
The Third Partition
Prussia
Austria
Russia
Polish Education after World War I
The German Occupation 182
The Russian Occupation 184
Elementary Schools 186
Secondary Schools 186
Post-Matriculate School 186
Higher Education 187
The Role of the College in Polish Higher Education 189
Vocational and Technical Education in Poland 192
The Higher Education Act of 1991 192
Basic Vocational School (BVS) 193
Secondary Vocational Schools (SVS) 194
Technicums 195
Vocational Proprietary Education (ZZDZ) 196
Publicly Supported Adult Education 197
Vocational Education Unemployment and Population Growth 199
Recent Proposals for Changing the Polish VET System 202
The 1973 Szczpanski Committee 202
The 1990 National Ministry of Education Work Group 203
The Radziwill Committee 206
The European Center for the Development of Vocational Training 208
Summary 211
7. A COMMUNITY COLLEGE MODEL FOR POLAND'S FUTURE
Organization
Discussion of the Model
Recommendations to the Polish National Ministry of Educational
Access
Curricula
Remedial and Preparatory Education: The CS Curriculum.
AA Curriculum
Role of the Technicum
The One Year Certificate
CEU Paired Courses
Adult Life Long Education
The Lycencjat
Quality Control
Administration
Counseling Services
Reducing Costs
Criteria in Law
Conclusion
Suggestions for Further Study
8. REFERENCES
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