Managing the professional development of academic staff in Ukrainian universities under the conditions of expanding institutional autonomy

Abstract

LIFELONG LEARNING: MODELS AND METHODS OF IMPLEMENTATION The integration of the higher education system of Ukraine into the European educational area contributes to the expansion of the institutional autonomy of universities in matters of academic staff development. In the conditions of institutional autonomy expansion, the dependence of ensuring the academic staff’s development on the institutional policy and resources of the university is increasing. The methods of scientific sources analysis, pedagogical observation, questionnaires, and mathematical methods of processing survey results using Excel software are used in the research. The current state, conditions, trends, and directions of developing the Ukrainian universities’ academic staff in the conditions of the institutional autonomy expansion are revealed. Universities’ autonomy creates conditions for organizational and methodical, material and technical and financial support for the academic staff development. Withal, one third of the academic staff of Ukrainian universities does not realize the importance of university autonomy in their professional development. The consequence is their unwillingness to actively participate in the processes of implementing institutional autonomy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How to Cite: Otych, O., Skyba, Yu., Yaroshenko, O., Chornoivan, H., Zhabenko, O., Chervona, L. (2023). Managing the professional development of academic staff in Ukrainian universities under the conditions of expanding institutional autonomy. Lifelong learning: models and methods of implementation. Kharkiv: PC TECHNOLOGY CENTER, 89–115. doi: https://doi.org/10.15587/978-617-7319-70-1.ch4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------