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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 23-38 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Higher education policy |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Mar 2004 |
Abstract
Currently, the German higher education system is undergoing drastic reform. Competitive structures and funding mechanisms are being introduced that are already successfully used in other countries. However, critics state that cultural differences prevent the effective application, in German universities, of funding mechanisms and incentives developed elsewhere. The authors analyzed how funding arrangements and incentives vary between different higher education systems; how they affect the work of academics and whether acceptance by academics depends on specific national university cultures. Altogether 171 in-depth interviews were conducted within the US-American, British, Dutch, Swiss, and German higher education systems as part of a research project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The study shows that the use and acceptance of funding models differs internationally; however, acceptance of competitive elements increases when the knowledge about these mechanisms and their effects is enhanced.
Keywords
- Germany, International comparison, Organizational change, Performance-based funding, Resources allocation, Universities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Education
- Social Sciences(all)
- Sociology and Political Science
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In: Higher education policy, Vol. 17, No. 1, 08.03.2004, p. 23-38.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Reforms in German higher education
T2 - Implementing and adapting Anglo-American organizational and management structures at German universities
AU - Liefner, Ingo
AU - Schätzl, Ludwig
AU - Schröder, Thomas
N1 - Funding Information: This paper is based on the findings of an investigation into funding, resource allocation and incentives within higher education systems, carried out by the Department of Economic Geography, University of Hannover, Germany, and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The project compared different higher education systems with respect to funding sources and budget allocation methods. The countries included the Anglo-American higher education system (USA, UK), the continental European higher education system (Germany, Switzerland), and the Dutch higher education system, which combines features of both the Anglo-American system and the continental European system. The project examined how funding arrangements and incentives differ between different higher education systems and how they affect teaching and research. Closely tied to this was the question: To what extent the German university system may be modernized by introducing funding mechanisms and incentives that have proven successful in other. Furthermore, a resource allocation model was implemented in 2002, designed to redistribute a part of the departments’ budgets. Funds were allocated out of the so-called research and teaching budget, about 5% of the whole expenditure of the University of Hannover and for about 6% of direct state funding from the state of Lower Saxony.
PY - 2004/3/8
Y1 - 2004/3/8
N2 - Currently, the German higher education system is undergoing drastic reform. Competitive structures and funding mechanisms are being introduced that are already successfully used in other countries. However, critics state that cultural differences prevent the effective application, in German universities, of funding mechanisms and incentives developed elsewhere. The authors analyzed how funding arrangements and incentives vary between different higher education systems; how they affect the work of academics and whether acceptance by academics depends on specific national university cultures. Altogether 171 in-depth interviews were conducted within the US-American, British, Dutch, Swiss, and German higher education systems as part of a research project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The study shows that the use and acceptance of funding models differs internationally; however, acceptance of competitive elements increases when the knowledge about these mechanisms and their effects is enhanced.
AB - Currently, the German higher education system is undergoing drastic reform. Competitive structures and funding mechanisms are being introduced that are already successfully used in other countries. However, critics state that cultural differences prevent the effective application, in German universities, of funding mechanisms and incentives developed elsewhere. The authors analyzed how funding arrangements and incentives vary between different higher education systems; how they affect the work of academics and whether acceptance by academics depends on specific national university cultures. Altogether 171 in-depth interviews were conducted within the US-American, British, Dutch, Swiss, and German higher education systems as part of a research project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The study shows that the use and acceptance of funding models differs internationally; however, acceptance of competitive elements increases when the knowledge about these mechanisms and their effects is enhanced.
KW - Germany
KW - International comparison
KW - Organizational change
KW - Performance-based funding
KW - Resources allocation
KW - Universities
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U2 - 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300039
DO - 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300039
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SP - 23
EP - 38
JO - Higher education policy
JF - Higher education policy
SN - 0952-8733
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