Podcast #5 - Will Greece Ever Allow Private Unis? Interview w/ Panagiotis Glavinis, 09/11/2016

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🗓️ 24 November 2016

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Dr. Panagiotis Glavinis talks to us about the prohibition of private universities in Article 16 of the Greek constitution, why he thinks it should be changed, and how that change might happen. This podcast forms part of a series, produced and disseminated by ESNA Media, on the subject of higher education and science policy. Produced and edited by Tino Broemme and Barnaby Britten Audio editing and narration by Barnaby Britten Music by Zende Music

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0:00.0	Welcome to the fifth ESNA podcast on higher education and science policy.
0:05.3	Today we're going to be talking about the Greek higher education system, more specifically,
0:09.8	the constitutional ban on private universities. We're going to be joined by Dr. Panagiotis
0:15.0	Glavinis, an associate professor from the Faculty of Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Dr. Glavinas,
0:22.1	thank you for joining us. We understand that the Greek Constitution prohibits private universities.
0:27.1	Could you tell us the specifics of that and the history behind it?
0:30.8	Actually, under the Constitution, no Greek or even foreign entity, private or public, may establish a university in Greece.
0:40.3	You know, only the state may set up such an institution for the provision of higher education
0:46.3	services. And historically, you know, this goes back to the aftermath of the restoration
0:53.3	of democracy in Greece in 1974, following the seven-year period of dictatorship.
1:00.0	It was at the time when the drafting of the new constitution started and the new constitution was adopted in 1975,
1:10.0	and as is always the case in every country.
1:13.6	Law professors are very closely involved in drafting constitutions.
1:18.6	Same happened here, only law professors very much inspired by the post-dictatorship climate at the time, they reserved higher education services to the monopoly of the state.
1:34.3	So what's the debate here? How would private universities help Greek higher education?
1:40.5	The debate is very old. We need in Greece to be able to have high-level education of higher education services. I believe that this sector needs to be freed, actually, because freedom allows newcomers and newcomers create healthy conditions in the competition.
2:04.0	So what about the legal process?
2:05.8	How would the Greek government go about changing the constitution?
2:09.4	The constitution provides that its reform has to be made in two consecutive parliaments. So this parliament needs to agree on the
2:22.1	reform, the necessary reforms in the constitution. And the next parliament also needs to agree
2:30.1	to vote for the reform of the same provisions. What's the time frame then?
2:35.8	When might we see private universities in Greece?
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