Kolegijos studento statuso įtvirtinimas: sociologinis aspektas

LTStraipsnyje aptariamas kolegijos studento statuso, prilyginamo ES šalių atitinkamam statusui, įtvirtinimo klausimas Lietuvos visuomenėje. Pateikiama 2004 m. kovo-gegužės mėnesiais astuoniose Lietuvos kolegijose atlikto studentų požiūrių į kolegijos studento statusą tyrimo analizė. Aiškinama, ką patiems studentams reiškia būti kolegijos studentu, kokias viltis studentai sieja su kolegijos studento statuso samprata. Lyginama, kuo skiriasi kolegijos studentų požiūriai priklausomai nuo jų lyties, kurso, kolegijos, studijų programos ir studentų pažangumo. Tyrimas patvirtino, kad dalis respondentų savo studijas kolegijoje sieja su studento statusu. Raktažodžiai: kolegijos studentas, statusas, visuomenė, požiūris, prestižas.

ENThe article points out that as compared to the parameters of the higher education qualifications in the EU countries, the college student status should increase in the Lithuanian society. It is not steady yet, thought together with the increasing status of colleges as higher education institutions, college student status is increasing too. The authors emphasize that nowadays society life is inconceivable without sociological reflection - a way to look at oneself. Together with other concepts of society, sociological reflection as such consolidates the concept of status. In the context of non-university higher education, one of such concepts might be college student status. Research on the Lithuanian college students’ attitudes towards non-university higher education and college student status shows that students relate college student status with two factors - knowledge (profession, career) and behaviour (light-hearted life, possibility to live apart from their parents, ability to make nonstandard decisions). The concept of student status in relation to knowledge has an influence on students’ motivation to take on college studies. Factor analysis confirms that both these factors depend on sex (most female respondents associate student status with knowledge, whereas male respondents relate it rather with behaviour), college and study programme. Students of different colleges and study programmes have different attitudes towards these factors. However, evaluation of student status does not practically depend on study years and study results. Correlation analysis confirms these conclusions. The hypothesis of the research has been confirmed, - college students partly relate their studies in college with the college student status. Key words: college student, status, society, approach, prestige.