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Non-standard higher education recipients as an important area of the university’s third mission. Examples of good practices of Polish and German universities
Authors: Daniel Kukla, Wioletta Duda
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The article concerns the third mission activities implemented by universities, which
activate local community and act on its behalf. The main goal of the article is to present current
trends and scope of the third mission of universities through a critical analysis of domestic and
foreign literature and presentation of relevant good practices. To this end, the concept of the
third mission was discussed, i.e. various activities of universities dedicated to specific groups.
The accompanying goal of the article is to answer the question about the importance of the third
mission in management strategies of universities in Poland in relation to the traditional tasks
of universities - education and research. Universities undertake initiatives for the benefit of the
local community by involving various groups of recipients, including groups at risk of social
exclusion. This is an important initiative from the social point of view because it changes the
university into a place accessible to all interested, a building in which both a preschooler and
an elderly person can feel good and develop. The third mission not only affects students and its
employees, but also shapes the knowledge society, builds social capital, reaches economic and
cultural benefits, and it allows the diffusion of knowledge.