Student Participation in University Governance: Experience of Ukraine

Lesya Chervona
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The article analyses the management structures and studying the experience of involving students into governance in Ukraine's universities. The processes of democratization in higher education have led to an increased student voice in university governance. Therefore, student participation is considered as an important and necessary condition (as stated in the official documents of the Bologna Process) of effective governance in higher education. This article considers student participation in university governance in the context of higher education development in Ukraine, namely as one of the mechanisms for improving university governance. In the public consciousness there is a gradual change in the understanding of the role of students in the educational process. The «subject-object» paradigm in the relationship between student and university, in which students are assigned the role of passive «object», is transferring to «subject-subject» relations where students are considered as a full partner in the educational field. The article conceptually clarifies the key concepts used by European researchers when studying the topic of student participation. First of all, these are such terms as: «student engagement» and «voise student». The official documents posted on the official sites of Ukrainian universities such as: University Development Strategies, Charters, Regulations, Teaching and Teaching Strategies, Student Self-Government Pages, etc., i.e. all those documents that can specify the idea of partnering with students within the university environment and whether student partnership is  formulated in the university-level policies.  To construct the scheme of the analysed materials on the websites of the universities, we have distinguished directions of student involvement: partnership with students in the university environment and involvement of students in the processes of governance; mechanisms for responding to student voice; the decision-making process at the university (transparency, accessibility, openness); mechanisms and tools aimed at intensifying student participation (information work, education, etc.).
学生参与大学治理:乌克兰的经验
本文分析了乌克兰大学的管理结构,研究了学生参与管理的经验。高等教育民主化的进程使得学生在大学治理中的话语权越来越大。因此,学生参与被认为是高等教育有效治理的重要和必要条件(如博洛尼亚进程官方文件所述)。本文在乌克兰高等教育发展的背景下,将学生参与大学治理作为改善大学治理的机制之一。在公众意识中,对学生在教育过程中的作用的认识正在逐渐发生变化。学生与大学关系中的“主客体”范式,即学生被赋予被动的“客体”角色,正在转变为“主主体”关系,即学生被视为教育领域的完全合作伙伴。本文从概念上澄清了欧洲研究者在研究学生参与这一主题时所使用的关键概念。首先,这些术语是:“学生参与”和“声音学生”。发布在乌克兰大学官方网站上的官方文件,如:大学发展战略,章程,条例,教学和教学策略,学生自治页面等,即所有这些文件都可以具体说明在大学环境中与学生合作的想法,以及是否在大学层面的政策中制定了学生合作关系。为了构建高校网站上分析材料的方案,我们区分了学生参与的方向:在大学环境中与学生合作和学生参与治理过程;回应学生声音的机制;大学的决策过程(透明度、可及性、开放性);旨在加强学生参与(信息工作、教育等)的机制和工具。
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