Business support and relationship to business based on education evaluation - Comparison of different approaches of Czech and Slovak students of higher education

Abstract

At present, there is an evident pressure on the support of learning processes in different types of schools, in vocational education institutions, as well as at universities. The quality of learning processes is also reflected in business dynamics, employment rates, employment patterns, etc. Business education is supported by various European programs as well as institutions that aim to promote skills and competences for a successful career in the global economy. These facts resulted in a research aimed at evaluating education, especially when it comes to supporting entrepreneurship at the Czech and Slovak universities and revealing potential differences between countries, as well as between genders. The query method was used to collect data. For the purposes of analysis, selected statistical methods were applied - descriptive statistics, parameter analysis of variance (ANOVA), nonparametric analysis of variance (Kruskalov-Wallis test) and error bar graphs. The final results highlighted the differences in the quality of higher education perceived by students in the surveyed countries as well as the differences in the tendencies for entrepreneurship between men and women. These facts have been compared with research studies in the discussion framework and a further research platform has been established. At the end of the paper, the main findings are outlined together with some implications from the analysis results for relevant policy makers in both countries.