Политика NPM в высшем образовании: обзор влияния «нового государственного управления» на эффективность и производительность вузов

Вопросы образования. 2023. № 2. С. 241–281.

Shibanova E.

Research in the fields of public policy and efficiency evaluation in higher education intensifies amid the NPM spread. This paper advocates the need to increase awareness of whether universities transform and modernize their operations, and critically-systematically reviews the existing empirical evidence on the effects of performance-enhancing policies in terms efficiency and productivity.  The study classifies the mechanisms of public intervention as ‘state as a financier’, ‘the structuring state’ and ‘the autonomy steering state’. The synthesis of the fragmented evidence is follows. Enhancement of competitive environment and higher autonomy are associated with higher efficiency and productivity. Supply-side concentration of resources through excellence initiative and restructuring of the landscape due to Bologna Process were also effective in transforming universities’ production function. The evidence on top-down mergers is mixed, and their implementation can be questioned, as opposed to voluntary mergers.

Keywords: новое государственное управление, new public management, DEA, оболочечный анализ данных, метод стохастической границы, higher education policy, SFA, управление университетами, management of universities, эффективность в высшем образовании, efficiency in higher education, государственная политика в сфере высшего образования

Publication based on the results of: The Institutional Role of Higher Education Institutions in Shaping Students' Trajectories (2023)