nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210205-115806-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210205s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210205-115806-0 doi eng 342 23 Drinóczi, Tímea Author aut Loyalty, Opportunism and Fear The forced privatization of Hungarian universities Drinóczi, Tímea Verfassungsblog 2021-02-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The pressure on universities and academic freedom in Hungary is increasing. With a reform program initiated in 2019, the government has started to restructure universities, from a state-funded to a privately-funded model. At the end of the current round of restructuring in 2021, there will be more private universities than public ones. While universities officially have to request their privatisation to start the process, it is clear that the aim of the reform is to forcefully reduce the independence of universities. In January, a number of universities were given an ultimatum until the end of the month to decide on their transformation. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Freedom CEU EU Orban Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/loyalty-opportunism-and-fear/ raw object