Academic Science and Democracy
Academic Science and Democracy

Summary/Abstract: Since the very time when the independence was restored, there has been an ongoing reform of studies and higher education in Lithuania, which still does not seem like nearing to its completion. It looks like having already turned into self-perpetuating. Laws are being adopted, though they either do not function or are amended right away; with each new academic year, both the students of the higher schools and their lecturers are faced with new surprises; the personnel of the research institutes are not sure whether they will be able to continue with their research projects or they will find themselves on the dole. The whole process resembles more a sequence of improvisations than an implementation of a thoroughly thought out strategic vision. It would hardly be fair to state that nobody ever gives a thought to these final objectives, or that they are never mentioned.

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