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The author presents the basis sources and principles of the relations between higher education institutions and the environment in the United States, defines models of such relations and describes the government’s role in establishing conditions favorable to the effective adjustment processes. The apparent contradiction between the autonomy and the adjustment abilities of the American institutions of higher education are drafted. Next, three factors that explain the relations of the American higher education institutions with the environment, i.e.: the organizational structure of single institution, models of the financing and students participation in the costs of training, and the differentiation of the higher education institutions, are discussed. These three factors are interrelated. The internal differentation of the institutions of higher education and the differentiation between various institutions are accompanied by the integrative processes. The author presents a model of the higher education institution autonomy and the methods of steering of the higher education institutions by the central government, supplementing the description with the presentation of the topical adjustment problems met by the American institutions of higher education, providing numerous examples. The paper ends up with some remarks concerning the possible utilization of the American experiences in the process of the transformation of the higher education institutions in the Central and Eastern Europe.
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