ABSTRACT Means-ends decoupling implies that national policies and practices are disconnected from the state’s core goal of creating public welfare. Employing sociological institutionalism, this article aims to explore how means-ends decoupling at the state level affects Ukrainian students’ choice of university and study programme using semi-structured interviews with 65 full-time students from business studies, social work and professional education at one Ukrainian university. The findings reveal that, first, in addition to the state, the university also sustains means-ends decoupling. Second, means-ends decoupling at the state and university levels hinders the Ukrainian students from attaining their intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, such as personal development, professional preparation and employment. Consequently, the Ukrainian students’ choices entail means-ends decoupling at the individual level, the degree of which varies depending on the subject area of the programme, study cycle and individual factors.

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乌克兰学生选择大学和学习课程的方式：途径–结束州一级的脱钩

摘要均值-末端解耦意味着国家政策和实践与国家创造公共福利的核心目标脱节。本文采用社会学制度主义，旨在通过对来自商业研究，社会工作和专业教育的65名全日制学生进行半结构化访谈，探讨国家层面的手段-末端脱钩方式如何影响乌克兰学生的大学和学习计划选择乌克兰大学。调查结果表明，首先，除了国家之外，大学还维持了手段与手段之间的脱钩。其次，州和大学之间的手段-目的去耦阻碍了乌克兰学生获得内在和外在动机，例如个人发展，专业准备和就业。所以，