【精选】Raivo：A 20-year-old success story_20140430212201_2985.pdf

1 A 20-year-old success story Development of Universities of Applied Sciences in Finland Dr. Petri Raivo, President Karelia University of Applied Science, Finland 2 From compulsory education to higher education - Small population, remote arctic location, lack of raw materials - Education has been seen as key to prosperity and eguality - Various school reforms: from 1921 the act of compulsory education to 1990’s to create universities of applied sciences = New demands and structural cahnges in working life, technological change, growing number of students enrolling in the higher education sector, regional equality Finnish Education system WORKING LIFE MASTER’S 24 DEGREES 5 23 4 4 HIGHER 22 EDUCATION 21 3 UNIVERSITIES 3 UNIVERSITIES OF ADULT APPLIED SCIENCES EDU- 2 2 20 CATION 1 1 19 19 3 UPPER 3 UPPER 18 VOCATIONAL 2 SECONDARY 2 SECONDARY 17 SCHOOLS SCHOOLS EDUCATION 1 1 16 16 COMPULSORY COMPREHENSIV