Transcript Giedrius Viliūnas

HOW TO SUSTAIN
THE UNIVERSITY
after the massification of HE
in a globalized world
Giedrius Viliūnas
Vice-Rector of the Mykolas Romeris University,
Vilnius, Lithuania
Jubilee Rectors’ Conference “Expanding Europe”,
Parallel Session III C, 13 October 2010
OUTLINE
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On notion of sustainability
A few global statements
Features of HE in Lithuania
Mykolas Romeris University
Some conclusions
SUSTAINABILITY VS
PROFITABILITY
• A cost-effective university?
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Economically
Environmentally
Socially
Culturally
Ethically
• Hollistic and responsible
GLOBAL CHANGE
• Society needs more and more knowledge,
skills and creativity
• Tertiary education becomes inclusive
• Scientific endeavour takes the role of
economic power
• Science and HE became global
• New ways of generating and applying
knowledge emerge (user-led innovation,
inter- and transdisciplinarity, ICT)
• Governments alone do not have enough
money to sustain viable HE
HE IN LITHUANIA
Inhabitants 3,4 millions
Students 210 000 (67% of the age cohort)
Two-tier system of Universities and Colleges
• 21 university (150 000 students)
• 28 colleges (60 000 students)
14 state universities (to become public)
1 public university (Mykolas Romeris University)
6 private universities (5% of total university students)
15 private colleges (25% of total college students)
State funding: voucher system + state loans / state supported private loans +
social sholarships
Private funding: tuition fees
LITHUANIAN HE REFORM
• Government programme (2008)
• Governance of HE, autonomy, competition,
accountability, funding, network, quality of studies,
higher education and science, access, higher education
and business centres (valleys), innovations
• Law on Research and Higher Education (2009)
• Governance, autonomy, funding, quality of higher
education and science, evaluation, education and
science, infrastructure, accessibility, resourcing, network
of HEIs and RIs
• Programmes of EU structural funds (2007-2010)
• National Study Programme: curricula, teachers’
competence, quality systems, infrastructure, international
dimension, accessibility, entrepreneurship, network of
HEIs, governance, monitoring
• 3 R&D programmes: human resources, mobility,
education, research and innovation, staff qualifications,
infrastructure, network
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NUMBER OF STUDENTS
PER 1000 CITIZENS
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
PER 1000 CITIZENS
COMPETITIVENESS OF LITHUANIA BY SECTOR
Sector
Overall
I. Basic requirements
1. Governance
2. Infrastructure
3. Macroekonomic stability
4. Public health system and primary education
II. Drivers of efectiveness
5. System of higher education and vocational
training
6. Efectiveness of commodity market
7. Efectiveness of labour market
8. Developement of financial market
9. Technological preparation
10. Size of the market
III. Innovation and drivers of progress
11. Business progresiveness
12. Innovation
Source: World Economic Forum 2009
Ranking in the
world
53
47
59
43
57
55
47
30
59
45
72
36
69
53
56
58
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STUDENTS BY MODE OF STUDIES
DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS BY AREA 2009
Applications
Sciences
4%
Accepted
Arts
2%
Humanities
6%
Arts
4%
Humanities
7%
Biomedicine
11%
Technology
17%
Sciences
6%
Biomedicine
11%
Social sciences
60%
Technology
22%
Social
sciences
50%
12
State
Ireland
Austria
Bielorus
Belgium
Bulgaria
Chech Republic
Denmanrk
EU
Greece
Spain
Italy
Japan
USA
UK
Latvia
Poland
Lithuania
The Netherlands
World
France
Romania
Russia
Finland
North Korea
Sweden
Ukraine
Hungary
Germany
Agriculture
Industry
Services
5,0
1,9
8,5
0,8
7,3
2,3
1,3
2,0
3,7
3,4
2,0
1,5
1,2
1,3
3,1
4,5
4,5
1,7
4,0
2,0
8,1
4,7
2,8
23,3
1,6
9,3
2,9
0,9
46,0
30,7
41,2
23,2
30,5
26,1
26,1
27,1
20,6
29,0
27,0
26,3
19,2
24,2
22,7
31,2
32,2
25,5
32,0
20,4
36,0
37,6
32,4
43,1
28,0
31,7
36,9
30,1
49,0
67,4
50,3
76,1
62,2
60,1
72,6
70,9
75,7
67,6
71,0
72,3
79,6
74,5
74,2
64,3
63,3
72,9
64,0
77,6
55,9
57,7
64,9
33,6
70,5
58,9
60,2
69,1
Source: CIA – The World Factbook
PART OF GDP BY SECTOR IN 2009
13
INCREASE IN STATE EXPENDITURE
PER STUDENT, IN 1000 LTL
INCREASE OF STATE FUNDING FOR
STUDENT LOANS, IN M OF LTL
BUDGETARY CHANGES AMONG BOLOGNA
COUNTRIES IN 2008/09 AND 2009/10
LT
SOURCES OF HE FUNDING (IN M LTL)
LT
NUMBERS OF HIGH SCHOOL LEAVERS
IN LITHUANIA IN 2000-2030
MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY
• 21 000 students (the 2nd largest in the country)
• 15 Bachelor, 59 Master, 5 Doctoral programmes
• Mainly Social Sciences
Faculties: Law, Economics and Finance, Public Governance and
Management, Social Policy, Social Security, Social Informatics, Institute
of Humanities
• 2nd level study programmes (appr. half of total number)
• Part-time students (appr. half of total number)
• Attractive to graduates from other Universities (more than
a half of 2nd level students coming from other HEI)
STUDENT NUMBERS IN LITHUANIAN
UNIVERSITIES IN 2005-2009
MRU
25
BUDGET OF THE UNIVERSITY
IN 2009 BY SOURCES
STATE
PROJECTS
STATE VOUCHERS
5.7
1.1 Aukščiausios kvalifikacijos
specialistų rengimas
27.0
1.2 Studentų rėmimas ir jų
kreditavimo sistemos plėtojimas
6.5
60.8
PRIVATE
TUITION
AND
SERVICES
SOCIAL
SUPPORT
1.88 Specialioji studijų ir mokslo
plėtojimo programa (lėšos gautos
už teikiamas paslaugas)
Pavedimų lėšos (pagal vykdomus
projektus, programas, sutartis)
BUDGET OF THE UNIVERSITY
IN 2005-2009 BY SOURCES
Tūkst.Lt.
80000
1.1 Aukščiausios
kvalifikacijos specialistų
rengimas
70000
1.2 Studentų rėmimas ir jų
kreditavimo sistemos
plėtojimas
60000
50000
1.88 Specialioji studijų ir
mokslo plėtojimo programa
(lėšos gautos už teikiamas
paslaugas)
Pavedimų lėšos (pagal
vykdomus projektus,
programas, sutartis)
40000
30000
Iš viso
20000
10000
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
BUDGET OF THE UNIVERSITY
IN 2005-2009 BY SOURCES
70.0
60.0
1.1 Aukščiausios kvalifikacijos
specialistų rengimas
50.0
1.2 Studentų rėmimas ir jų
kreditavimo sistemos
plėtojimas
40.0
30.0
1.88 Specialioji studijų ir
mokslo plėtojimo programa
(lėšos gautos už teikiamas
paslaugas)
20.0
Pavedimų lėšos (pagal
vykdomus projektus,
programas, sutartis)
10.0
0.0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO
• Strategic move: mergers?
• Responding to labour market: bridging
the gaps, opening branch institutions
• Flexibility: major / minor, liberal
learning paths, distance learning
• Continuous education
• Curriculum restructuring
• Internationalization: networks, joint /
double degrees, mobility windows,
mobile population
• Quality: research funds to priority areas