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Nowadays, HEIs throughout the world face challenges that interfere not only with their functioning but also with their very identity as institutions. These are challenges stemming from the changed context both in society as a whole, in science and in the wider realm of education. Tapper and Palfreyman (2000) define the main problems facing contemporary universities as the three ‘Ms’: marketization, massification, and managerialism. The three ‘Ms’ create a completely new situation in higher education because they “attack” the traditional essence and founding principles of the university.
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Boyadjieva, P., Ilieva-Trichkova, P. (2016). Rethinking Missions and Values of Higher Education. In: Pritchard, R.M.O., Pausits, A., Williams, J. (eds) Positioning Higher Education Institutions. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-660-6_3
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