Comparing government educational plan and monetary incentives from the perspective of Universities of Applied Sciences (Case Finland)
The educational plan stresses the importance of equal opportunities for all. It pays attention to the equality of minor language groups such as Swedish/Same speaking kids, people living in different areas and immigrants. The main idea is that education and civilization is the best guarantee for young people to find their place in society and integrate. This is a base for innovations and visions and balanced development of the society.
The aim is that all the young people get second-degree schooling and 50% get a University degree by 2030. In practice, this means that Universities need to have more students. This seems like a pretty ambitious plan. Even though the educational level of Finns gets better each year, there is still a long way to go. The figure below illustrates how the educational level of Finns is developing.
Since most university funding comes from the state the way the funding is divided guides how the Universities organize their teaching and research. It seems rather problematic that there are plans to cut funding based on teaching (measured by completed degrees) at the same time the demands are to teach more people. At the same time, this change takes place there is another rather problematic change. The present model proving funding based on completed courses will be replaced by providing funding based on degrees completed in due time. Isn’t this same as providing University incentives to accept degrees with a lower level of actual learning?
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