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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author TAMMI, Timo
Title The competitive funding of university research: the case of Finnish science universities
Publication year 2009
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 57 (2009) 5, S. 657 - 679
Inventory number 26111
Keywords Ausland : Finnland : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Finnland : Forschung, Hochschullehrer ; Finanzierung der Hochschulen : allgemein
Abstract The present European higher education policy and research policy can be characterized as emphasizing external financing of universities, competition between and within universities, and the need for a more practical and economically profitable output from research and education. A theoretical framework of analysing the impacts of this new rationale can be constructed on the following two premises. First, the funding structure of universities and university research is a main factor that influences the situations in which universities and their members make their decisions on teaching, research and administering. Second, universities consist of various groups of personnel each having and developing objectives and preferences of their own. This theoretical framework is applied to the Finnish science university system. On the basis of the analysis it can be seen that although the new policy probably has clarified the division of labour between universities, there have emerged some negative unintended consequences of the new funding structure. Indications of weakening performance in research and education can be identified in the empirical analysis. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Tammi, Timo, E-Mail: timo.tammi@joensuu.fi