Jan Kohoutek
Biographic Data
| ID | 4190687 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Kohoutek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kohoutek |
| SIGNATURE | KOHOUTEK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Higher Education Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1646-3128 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Higher education quality assurance in Central Europe – Beyond accreditation towards divergence
This article analyses higher education quality assurance (QA) policies in Central Europe since their inception in the 1990s. Covering Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, the analysis employs a comparative framework specific to higher education QA, drawing on relevant desk research. The results indicate ideational variations in the goals of higher education QA policies formulated by the designated national agencies, with the controll…
Academic Inbreeding at Universities in the Czech Republic
The Status of Graduates in Post-Mass Higher Education
The article examines the influence of the social status of university graduates in the Czech Republic on their situation in post-mass higher education. More specifically, it tests the validity of hypotheses concerning the impact of family background, income level, reselection of the field of study, and the extent of saturation of prestigious fields (medicine, law) with individuals from elite backgrounds by applying the socio-economic status (SES)…
Politicisation of the Czech Republic’s ministries
The paper presents the results of a large-N enquiry into the Czech Republic's ministries based on two specific types of politicisation (functional, formal) and accounting for four types of work positions. The enquiry yielded the following findings: Functional politicisation of ministerial middle and lower management as well as rank-and-file positions is predominantly low. However, politically motivated appointments and promotions, executed throug…
Higher Education Institutions in Peripheral Regions
The European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area in Portugal and the Czech Republic
Universities’ Third Mission
The Role of Higher Education in the Socio-Economic Development of Peripheral Regions
Policy work at the sub‐national level
This paper uses data from two countries to develop profiles of policy directors and managers in the sub‐national public bureaucracies of Canada and the Czech Republic. Canadian directors and managers undertake more analytically complex tasks for which research and evaluation is necessary. In comparison, Czech managers are more firmly engaged in project management agendas, and Czech directors tend to rely on personal experience and routine approac…
European standards for quality assurance and institutional practices of student assessment in the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic
This article analyses the student assessment procedures of 12 universities in the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic with respect to their alignment with the European standards and guidelines on the quality of assessing higher education students (European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance [ESG] 1.3). Based on qualitative methodology combining document review with semi-structured interviews, the analysis has yielded three majo…
Policy work at the sub‐national level
This paper uses data from two countries to develop profiles of policy directors and managers in the sub‐national public bureaucracies of Canada and the Czech Republic. Canadian directors and managers undertake more analytically complex tasks for which research and evaluation is necessary. In comparison, Czech managers are more firmly engaged in project management agendas, and Czech directors tend to rely on personal experience and routine approac…
Universities’ Third Mission
Politicisation of the Czech Republic’s ministries
The paper presents the results of a large-N enquiry into the Czech Republic's ministries based on two specific types of politicisation (functional, formal) and accounting for four types of work positions. The enquiry yielded the following findings: Functional politicisation of ministerial middle and lower management as well as rank-and-file positions is predominantly low. However, politically motivated appointments and promotions, executed throug…
The Role of Higher Education in the Socio-Economic Development of Peripheral Regions
European standards for quality assurance and institutional practices of student assessment in the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic
This article analyses the student assessment procedures of 12 universities in the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic with respect to their alignment with the European standards and guidelines on the quality of assessing higher education students (European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance [ESG] 1.3). Based on qualitative methodology combining document review with semi-structured interviews, the analysis has yielded three majo…
Policy work at the sub‐national level
This paper uses data from two countries to develop profiles of policy directors and managers in the sub‐national public bureaucracies of Canada and the Czech Republic. Canadian directors and managers undertake more analytically complex tasks for which research and evaluation is necessary. In comparison, Czech managers are more firmly engaged in project management agendas, and Czech directors tend to rely on personal experience and routine approac…
Higher Education Institutions in Peripheral Regions
The European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area in Portugal and the Czech Republic
Universities’ Third Mission
The Role of Higher Education in the Socio-Economic Development of Peripheral Regions
The Status of Graduates in Post-Mass Higher Education
The article examines the influence of the social status of university graduates in the Czech Republic on their situation in post-mass higher education. More specifically, it tests the validity of hypotheses concerning the impact of family background, income level, reselection of the field of study, and the extent of saturation of prestigious fields (medicine, law) with individuals from elite backgrounds by applying the socio-economic status (SES)…
Politicisation of the Czech Republic’s ministries
The paper presents the results of a large-N enquiry into the Czech Republic's ministries based on two specific types of politicisation (functional, formal) and accounting for four types of work positions. The enquiry yielded the following findings: Functional politicisation of ministerial middle and lower management as well as rank-and-file positions is predominantly low. However, politically motivated appointments and promotions, executed throug…
Academic Inbreeding at Universities in the Czech Republic
Higher education quality assurance in Central Europe – Beyond accreditation towards divergence
This article analyses higher education quality assurance (QA) policies in Central Europe since their inception in the 1990s. Covering Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, the analysis employs a comparative framework specific to higher education QA, drawing on relevant desk research. The results indicate ideational variations in the goals of higher education QA policies formulated by the designated national agencies, with the controll…
Political science (10 works) · Higher education (8 works) · Czech (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Education policy (4 works) · Higher education policy (4 works)