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Multipurpose Accreditation in Lithuania: Facilitating Quality Improvement, and Heading towards a Binary System of Higher Education

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Accreditation and Evaluation in the European Higher Education Area

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 5))

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Since 1999/2000, the higher education system in Lithuania has been diversified. In September 2002, it consisted of 43 institutions which were of two types: 19 university-type (academies, colleges, seminaries, and universities) and 24 non-universitytype called colleges (kolegijos).

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  1. University of Kassel, Germany

    Stefanie Schwarz

  2. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Don F. Westerheijden

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Mockienė, B.V. (2004). Multipurpose Accreditation in Lithuania: Facilitating Quality Improvement, and Heading towards a Binary System of Higher Education. In: Schwarz, S., Westerheijden, D.F. (eds) Accreditation and Evaluation in the European Higher Education Area. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2797-0_14

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