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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author KRALIKOVA, Renata
Title International models and domestic translations? : the case of university governing boards in Romania and Lithuania / Renáta Králikova
Publication year 2015
Source/Footnote In: European journal of higher education. - 5 (2015) 1, S. 68 - 82
Inventory number 37696
Keywords Internationalität ; Hochschulreform : allgemein ; Ausland : Litauen : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Rumänien : Hochschulwesen allgemein
Abstract In the early 2000s, several post-communist countries launched reforms of university management and governance marked by the influence of a ?modernization agenda? for higher education governance, which was promoted by the World Bank, the OECD and the European Commission. However, this ?modernization agenda? was employed differently in different countries. This article examines the mechanisms involved in such ?translation? through a comparison of the introduction of university governing boards in Lithuania and Romania. There were two key findings. First, in line with the literature, it appears that institutional features formed during the institutional design process at the time of the transition in the early 1990s played an important role in translating the ?modernization agenda? almost 20 years later. They set in motion path-dependent logics that affected the manner and extent to which a ?modernization agenda? was ?translated?. Second, data gathered through extensive interviewing across the two national cases further show how actors' perceptions of institutions may also crucially influence policy translation. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)