The meeting was organized in terms of the project “Continuing the Fulbright`s experience: academic and cultural exchanges between Ukrainian universities”, dedicated to the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the USA and Ukraine and the 25th anniversary of the Fulbright academic exchange programme in Ukraine.
The Head of the Department of leadership and institutional development in higher education of the Institute of Higher Education of NAPS (National Academy of Pedagogical Science) of Ukraine Serhii Kurbatov, Ph.D. in Philosophy, met with the researchers, teachers and students of Sumy State University and held a lecture on a topic “University ranking as a modern mechanism of the evaluation of quality of university education” for them October 3rd , 2017.
The main tasks, pointed by the initiators of the programme, were outlined before the start of the lecture by the member of editorial board of “Business Ethics and Leadership (BEL)” Journal Kostiantyn Kyrychenko. According to him, the academic mobility which has been developing rapidly in the university shapes the grant programmes. Among them, there is the Fulbright Programme in Ukraine, funded by the USA government, has been established in 160 countries, since 1946.