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UNIVERSITIES IN LITHUANIA:

QUO VADIS ?Prof. Benediktas Juodka

Vilnius University

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) forresearch and development

(EU 27 and Lithuania)

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EU27 average

Lithuania

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

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LOW QUALITY OF OUTPUT AND RESULTS

Scarce resources

Non- effective management of the

system and of higher education institutions

Low quality of human resources

Insufficient financing

Top-down, enclosed

management of HE institutions

Low quality infrastructu

re

Excessive regulation,

slight autonomy and accountability

of HEI

Low capability to implement

the policy, limitations of

quality assurance

Non-transparent

and ineffective distribution of financial resources

Mission and sustaining elements of Lithuanian Higher

Education system

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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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