LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Aukštasis mokslas; Aukštasis mokslas, visuotinės kokybės vadyba, integracija, aukštojo mokslo problemos; Europos aukštojo mokslo erdvė; Integracija; Visuotinės kokybės vadyba; European Higher Education Area; Higher education; Higher education, total quality management, integration, problems of higher education; Integration; Total quality management.
ENThe European Union raise a task to convergence the different higher education systems into the united European Higher Education Area. Implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) is most important factor for improvement of performance quality in higher educational institutions (HEI). Special problems occur by trying to implement Total Quality Management concepts at HEI. The problems and possibilities of Lithuania higher education institutions for implementing of TQM are presented in the article. [From the publication]