Ukrainian Diaspora Supports Ostroh Academy

January 10, 2011

The editorial staff of newspaper Svoboda of Ukrainian diaspora in the USA received a statement from World Scientific Council under Ukrainian World Congress, and also Ukrainian American Association of University Professors on the bill on higher education of Ukraine.

The statement puts forward the idea that Ostroh Academy is undoubtedly a national heritage of Ukraine. Bribery is inexistent here and, therefore, the university provides high quality professional training along with the development of free modern personality capable of unconventional thinking and practical implementation of their knowledge.

“Higher education reform in Ukraine is expected to bring the university system in conformity with European and international standards. Having analyzed the bill, we would like to draw everyone’s attention to the fact that some of its clauses do not comply with international standards of higher education, especially those making the number of students more important for education than the faculty providing it”, stated Dr. Liubomyr Vynar, Dr. Asia Humetska, Dr. Albert Kipa, Dr. Myroslav Melnyk, Dr. Osyp Martyniuk, Dr, Arkadii Zhukovskyi and Dr. Dmytro Strohryn. (Svoboda, No 52, 24 December 2010)