New public management in Lithuania's higher education

The article focuses on recent shifts in modes of coordination and the emerging drive towards new public management (NPM) in higher education and examines Lithuanian higher education policy as an example. It investigates the dynamics of the shift by exploring how stakeholders define the term and how,...

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Published inHigher education policy Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 377 - 396
Main Authors Leisyte, Liudvika, Kizniene, Danguole
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan 01.09.2006
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Accountability
Ausland
Colleges & universities
Competition
Conceptualization
Education policy
Education reform
Educational Administration
Educational Change
Educational Policy
Educational Trends
Efficiency
Foreign Countries
Goal setting
Governance
Higher Education
Hochschule
Hochschullehre
Hochschulreform
Hochschulwesen
Institutional change
Interviews
Litauen
Lithuania
Management techniques
Politics
Population Groups
Public management
Public Sector
Staat
State regulation
Student
Studium
Trends
Universities
Lithuania
Europe
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Summary:The article focuses on recent shifts in modes of coordination and the emerging drive towards new public management (NPM) in higher education and examines Lithuanian higher education policy as an example. It investigates the dynamics of the shift by exploring how stakeholders define the term and how, in turn, it influences the political agenda. Using secondary literature review, primary document analysis and a range of interviews with stakeholders active in the higher education policy process in Lithuania, the study places Lithuanian developments against the wider European trends in higher education policy. The findings suggest that after 15 years of changing the modes of coordination in Lithuania's public sector, NPM rhetoric has recently begun to penetrate the higher education policy agenda. How far it will influence university management and academic work is still questionable.
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ISSN:0952-8733
1740-3863
DOI:10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300122