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Starting in the 1990s, Lithuanian universities made substantial progress in their growth. Due to positive attitudes toward higher education (HE) in the society, more and more students applied for studies and the HE sector expanded. The role of the government was rather symbolic, and universities were allowed to develop autonomously.
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Švaikauskienė, S., Mikulskienė, B. (2016). Autonomy Produces Unintended Consequences: Funding Higher Education through Vouchers in Lithuania. In: Turcan, R.V., Reilly, J.E., Bugaian, L. (eds) (Re)Discovering University Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137388728_10
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