HIGHER EDUCATION STATISTICAL INDICATORS FROM FOUR EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES - AN OVERVIEW
Titel:
HIGHER EDUCATION STATISTICAL INDICATORS FROM FOUR EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES - AN OVERVIEW
Auteur:
Kazemzadeh, Foad Schacher, Martin Steube, Wolfgang
Verschenen in:
Higher education in Europe
Paginering:
Jaargang 20 (1995) nr. 1-2 pagina's 146-167
Jaar:
1995
Inhoud:
Statistical indicators can be developed into an appropriate instrument for comparing national education and higher education systems. The present survey, which covers the four European Union countries of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, picks up certain of the topics included in the International Education Indicators (INES) project of OECD, and goes on to expand and to examine them in greater depth with special reference to higher education. Quantitative and other data show that the expansion of higher education is typical not only of the Federal Republic of Germany, but also of its western European neighbours. Regulations governing entry into higher education vary substantially among the four countries. Close coordination between school and higher education, rigorous selection procedures, along with intensive monitoring and supervision at the higher education institution explain not only the high success rate of British university students but also - in conjunction with clearly defined curricula - the relatively short period which British students spend there. The higher expenditure on supervision at British and Dutch higher education institutions is reflected in the burden on public finances. However, given the shorter period of study and the higher student success rate in the United Kingdom, one student completing higher education probably costs the British state less than one student completing higher education in Germany.