Abstract
In recent years the dynamics of quantitative development of higher education in the Czech Republic has been the highest one of all developed countries in the world. Today, 60 % of the age cohort enter higher education institutions, further 7 % enrol in higher professional schools which represent the lower tier of tertiary education.
Such a steep increase in the number of students corresponds neither to economic situation nor to the capability of higher education to adapt to new needs, namely to have an adequate offer for each of a wide range of students, having a far more diverse family background and personal experience, motivation and aptitude for study, career aspirations and aims what to achieve in life. Moreover, due to a demographic decline far weaker age cohorts will reach the age of 19-21 years in the middle of the next decade.
Even if the number of those enrolled in tertiary education will stagnate, their proportion in 2015 will significantly exceed three quarters of the corresponding age coh