Enhetlighet och/eller profilering i det svenska högskolelandskapet?

• In the article it is argued that structural measures undertaken around the world in the 1970s in order to meet the expansion might be more or less congruent with recent claims for specialization and competition. By using Sweden as a case, the relationship between objectives and structural models is brought to the fore. Sweden adopted an integrated model when expanding its higher education system and included all postsecondary institutions in one unitary "högskola", covering almost all tertiary education. Since then, Sweden has followed intrenational trends regarding governance and management. Today, autonomous institutions have to find a balance between being competitive on international knowledge markets and respect the "soft" national objectives of the 1970s. Institutions are encouraged to specialize, cooperate or merger, but no formal measures are taken ny the government in order to reshape the system in a more binary direction.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

higher education reform

governance

institutional autonomy

structure

mission

Publikations- och innehållstyp

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