Graduates – managers of the Faculty of Geography of the Chernivtsi Yuriy Fedkovych National University: twenty-five years of educational and upbringing cooperation

Abstract

Specificities of and major results in preparation of specialists-managers at the Faculty of Geography of the Chernivtsi Yuriy Fedkovych National University within 1996-2021 are disclosed. It is now 2221 graduates qualified as managers, inclusive of 1146 bachelors, 731 specialists, and 344 masters (regular and distant forms of education). It is accentuated on five principal periods in the development of managerial specialty at the Faculty of Geography within 1996-2001, namely, 2001-2006, 2006-2011, 2011-2016, and 2016-2021. The first period (1996 – 2001) was distinctive for preparation of the first wave under bachelor, specialist and manager/master programs, and resulted in graduation of 91 qualified men and women (nearly 4% out of total graduates). The second period (2001 – 2006) was remarkable for graduation of 464 managers (20,9% out of all in the whole 25-years period). Diplomas of managers within the third period (2006 – 2011) were awarded to 980 (44%) graduates of the Faculty of Geography of the Chernivtsi Yuriy Fedkovych National University, and it has become the most resultative period in the history of manager preparation at the Faculty of Geography. The fourth five-year period (2011–2016) gave 483 more managers (21,7%). And, finally, in 2016–2021, the faculty prepared 203 more specialists (9,1%). The absolute figures of bachelors, specialists and managers/masters prepared at the Faculty of Geography of the Chernivtsi Yuriy Fedkovych National University were shown in 2010 (246 graduates, or 11% within the 25-year period of preparation), 2008 – 210 (9,5%), and 2007 – 186 (8,4%). At the same time, 2017 and 2019 were the years when the least number of specialists were prepared (36 and 38 respectively), which is in the first place connected with cancellation of “specialist” level in the system of higher education in Ukraine. Major results of and problems in educational, scientific, upbringing and practical activity/cooperation of the department’s staff, lecturers, students and graduates/managers are summed up to contribute to further development of managerial sphere of national economics of Ukraine. Keywords: graduates-managers, Faculty of Geography, Chernivtsi Yuriy Fedkovych National University.