| Abstract [eng] |
The globalizing world is constantly adjusting to the needs of the labor market by imposing new demands for the quality of providing and completing higher education, promoting cooperation among higher education institutions, employers and learners, and leading to successful integration of higher education graduates into the labor market. It is a complex process that involves a variety of risks. Risk is considered as one of the most important factors conceived even as a threat and/ or hazard of the 21st century.Higher education is encountered with internal and external factors that can influence the realization of the organization’s goals which pose various risks.Scientists from different countries identify different types of risks in their higher education systems. For example, the U.S. researchers from various higher education institutions often identify the following risks: strategic, financial, operational, and reputational risks, which are broadly analyzed in scientific works and also published on the U.S. high school websites. Therefore, the United Kingdom researchers who work in the field of higher education update and publish the list of risks in higher education on an annual basis. In Lithuania, as well as orldwide, as the processes of modernization evolve, new forms of risk are emerging associated with changes in today’s socio-economic life, including higher education. Lithuanian higher education faces various risks, which are determined by internal and external factors. The main ones are related to the consolidation of higher education (at the national and regional level) and the problems arising from it. The object of the research – risks in higher education. The purpose of the study is to investigate the risks in modern higher education. The research methods, such as the analysis of scientific research literature and documents, statistical data analyses and interpretation were used in the research. The concept of risk, discussed in the study, was first presented and refined at the World Economic Forum in 2017. During this forum, the most significant risks that the modern world will face in the next ten years were tackled through the diversity of risks in higher education. |
