Detailed View

Export the results of this page in detailed view as PDF
V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
C. Books
Author JALAVA, Marja
Title The university in the making of the welfare state : the 1970s degree reform in Finland
Publisher Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, 2012
Collation 210 S.
Publication year 2012
ISBN 978-3-631-58461-3
Inventory number 77296
Keywords Ausland : Finnland : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Finnland : allgemein ; Hochschule und Staat : allgemein ; Hochschulreform : allgemein
Abstract In just a couple of decades, Finland evolved from one of Europe's lowest educated countries to the top performer of the international PISA ranking. Behind this «success story», there was a conscious strategy to use educational policies for creating a more equal society. Tracing the development of Finnish higher education system after WWII, this book depicts the role of educational expansion in the making of the welfare state. It focuses on the 1970s degree reform and the challenges brought by the 1973 Oil Crisis, resulting in the rise of New Public Management. Though meticulously planned, the reform was a struggle between various actors with conflicting strategies and goals; between educational optimism and scarce resources, academic values and instrumentalism, social justice and elitism. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)
Signature W 02-110 JALA