Reviews of National Policies for Education
Subtitle: Polytechnic Education in Finland 2003
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: Reviews of national policies for education; Reviews of National Policies for Education
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9789264199408
Subjects: Education
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Background Report; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1. Finland in Brief; title: Chapter 2. Education System and Policy; title: Chapter 3. The Polytechnic Reform Process; title: Chapter 4. The Polytechnic System; title: Chapter 5. Outcomes of the Polytechnic Reform; title: Chapter 6. Regional Role of the Polytechnics; title: Chapter 7. Development Trends and Challenges; title: Part II. Examiners' Report; title: Executive Summary; title: Chapter 8. Introduction; title: Chapter 9. Polytechnics in Context; title: Chapter 10. The AMKs: An Assessment of Reforms to Date; title: Chapter 11. The Future Scale and Structure of the Higher Education System; title: Chapter 12. Key Elements of Policy for the Polytechnic Sector; title: Chapter 13. Contingencies, Risks, and Threats; title: Bibliography