Rola szkolnictwa wyższego w procesie kształtowania gospodarki opartej na wiedzy

Abstract

In the process of creation the knowledge-based economy, the development of higher educa-tion and the courses that respond to challenges of civilization, plays a very important role. In thecircumstances of the acceleration in the processes of globalization and European integration,the potential and the quality of higher education is a very important factor of the social andeconomic and cultural development. It enables the improvement of the competitive position oflocal, regional, national and international structures. The knowledge is the main resource ofboth organizational and personal development.The article presents the important national and European documents that take knowledgebased-economy and increasing innovation economy as the priority. Also it presents the docu-ments showing the main directions of research. The author emphasizes the difference betweenpotential of science in European Union and the development of knowledge-based economy innational and regional structures.