The introduction of business management and control principles at universities challenges their previous self-understanding. New terms such as customer and application orientation, competition, global budgets, and a strong management-oriented university leadership come to the forefront. In a quantitative study, Robert Rybnicek discusses and examines the acceptance and issues surrounding these new control instruments: In which areas do contradictions arise between a "classical" and a "new" university, and what is the attitude of university members towards this? The author initially explains the differences between the two university models in a comparative discussion, and then addresses the significance of belonging to certain groups in relation to attitudes towards these models.