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NERA, Network 21, Iceland, March, 2013 Universities as providers of lifelong learning: A case study about implementation environments within universities in a Nordic EU member state. Sren Ehlers, Aarhus University, E-mail Ehlers@dpu.dk &


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Universities as providers of lifelong learning:

A case study about implementation environments within universities in a Nordic EU member state.

NERA, Network 21, Iceland, March, 2013

Søren Ehlers, Aarhus University, E-mail Ehlers@dpu.dk & Jakob Wandall, NordicMetrics, E-mail: JW@NordicMetrics.com

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Approach

  • 1. Methodology (comparison)
  • 2. Theory (political science)
  • 3. Empirics (policy documents)
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Four ways of thinking:

The box model

PRACTICE PROFESSION RESEARCH POLICY

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Research questions

  • 1. Which administrative principles and which

policy instruments were employed by the Ministry of Education in the 2000 policy design?

  • 2. Which administrative principles and which

policy instruments were applied by the Universities in their 2001 practice design?

  • 3. How can the poor implementation environment

2001-2012 be explained?

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  • Administrative principles (Thompson 2003)
  • 1. Hierarchy
  • 2. Market
  • 3. Network
  • Policy instruments (Vedung 1998)
  • 1. Regulations
  • 2. Economic Means
  • 3. Information

Conceptualization

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Implementation Theories

The concept of implementation environment May (2003) The integrated implementation model (Winter 2010) Universities practicing knowledge economy:

1. the transnational formulation step in 2000 (the Bologna Process & the Lisbon Strategy), 2. the national implementation step in 2001 (policy design, act on VFV, design of a new practice at the universities), and 3. the national evaluation step in 2012 ,

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Research Question 1

Which A) administrative principles and which B) policy instruments were selected by the Ministry of Education in the 2000 policy design?

  • A) Market, B) Economic Means

Recommendation:

  • Network & Information
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Which A) administrative principles and which B) policy instruments were selected by the universities in the 2001 practice design?

  • A) Network, B) Regulation

Recommendation:

  • Hierarchy & Information

Research Question 2

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How can the poor implementation environment 2001- 2012 be explained?

  • administrative principle : Marked
  • policy instruments: Economic Means

Recommendation: Network & Information

Research Question 3