Transcript UNIVERSITIES IN LITHUANIA: QUO VADIS

UNIVERSITIES IN LITHUANIA:
QUO VADIS ?
Prof. Benediktas Juodka
Vilnius University
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Lithuanian institutions of higher
education and research
At present there are 93 institutions:
Universities – 22 ( of them 15 state, 7 private);
Colleges – 28 ( 16 state, 12 private);
State research institutions – 43.
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Part of GDP (in percents) for
research and development
(EU 27 and Lithuania)
EU27 average
Lithuania
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WWhat are strengths and weaknesses of
Lithuanian Higher Education?
What is the future of such a lumpish and
underfinanced research and study system?
WWhat are the mission and sustaining elements of
Lithuanian higher education system?
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Weaknesses of Lithuanian Higher
Education
LOW QUALITY OF OUTPUT AND RESULTS
Non- effective management
of the system and of higher
education institutions
Scarce resources
Insufficient
financing
Low quality of
human resources
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Low quality
infrastructure
Nontransparent
and ineffective
distribution of
financial
resources
Top-down, enclosed
management of HE
institutions
Excessive
regulation, slight
autonomy and
accountability of
HEI
Low capability to
implement the
policy, limitations
of quality
assurance
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Mission and sustaining elements of
Lithuanian Higher Education system
More autonomy,
more accountability,
enterprising
management and
improved control
Polarization towards
Lithuanian students
as well as close
international
integration
Quality culture and
independent Agency
of Quality
Assurance
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Create conditions, necessary for
research based HE to return to
the European landscape
Mission of HE: to be a
catalyst of the advance
of society
Smarter and better financing
Flexible planning
of studies, close
partnership with
business sector.
Increased
orientation towards
life-long learning
Diversified system
of HE: two
research based
universities,
regional, state and
specialized private
HEI
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Change in number of students, who seek for
higher education for the first time
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The Sunrise Valley and National Open
Access Scholarly Communication and
Information Centre
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