Reviews of National Policies for Education: Polytechnic Education in Finland 2003 [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentCorporate Author
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2003.
In the early 1990s, in the midst of a major economic slump, the Finnish government embarked on a strategy to re-mold Finland into a knowledge society. This report prepared for the OECD by an independent group of experts raises issues of fees for higher education, examines strategies for internationalisation of higher education, addresses issues of governance and accountability in higher education and offers advice on how the new system could be strengthened further.
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Foreword; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Finland in Brief; Chapter 2. Education System and Policy; Chapter 3. The Polytechnic Reform Process; Chapter 4. The Polytechnic System; Chapter 5. Outcomes of the Polytechnic Reform; Chapter 6. Regional Role of the Polytechnics; Chapter 7. Development Trends and Challenges; Chapter 8. Introduction; Chapter 9. Polytechnics in Context; Chapter 10. The AMKs: an Assessment of the Reforms to Date; Chapter 11. The Future Scale and Structure of the Higher Education System; Chapter 12. Key Elements of Policy for the Polytechnic Sector
Chapter 13. Contingencies, Risks and ThreatsBibliography
In the early 1990s, in the midst of a major economic slump, the Finnish government embarked on a strategy to re-mold Finland into a knowledge society. This report prepared for the OECD by an independent group of experts raises issues of fees for higher education, examines strategies for internationalisation of higher education, addresses issues of governance and accountability in higher education and offers advice on how the new system could be strengthened further.
Technical education
Reviews of National Policies for Education