This rise in the rate of enrollment in higher education strongly influences the qualification level of the youngest age group making up the workforce.
Considering that an individual's active life lasts about forty years, more time is needed to raise the level of adult education.
Polish universities then pushed for the European Credit Transfer System which was a quality assessment and accreditation program.
The number of students coming to Poland is about 10 times lower than other countries and the need for other European languages was evident.
Private universities and colleges became more easily accessible to young people from the country and from working-class families than were the public higher educational institutions.
It is inevitable that children from poor families and from small villages have practically no possibilities to enter admission competition and to take entrance examinations.
The majority of private higher educational institutions offer 3 year courses of study for a bachelor's degree.
Private institutions are more flexible and definitely offer higher quality services than do their public counterparts [citation needed].
The technological developments like the Internet and cheaper telecommunications combined with increased acceptance on non-traditional educational settings (remote learning) may well broaden the scope of international trade in education services in the coming years and at this point has created the potential for fast growth.
These increases will raise new challenges for higher education in regards to its accessibility, particularly for the inhabitants of villages and small towns.
With the spreading effects of the metropolises, the situating of universities and colleges in the medium-sized cities offers a chance to establish education centers of high quality and the possibility of creating innovative processes.
The large well-equipped private higher education institutions with increasingly stable staffs are expected to prosper.
They need to adapt to the changing labour market which will generate a larger demand for postgraduate, supplementary and retraining studies.
It is not easy to maintain the national traditions, habits and historical experience and at the same time fulfill common European priorities.
Only the large national universities can guarantee high-quality education, while private schools require special supervision.