"Second Chance" Routes into Higher Education: Sweden, Norway and Germany Compared

Autor/inn/en	Orr, Dominic; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth
Titel	"Second Chance" Routes into Higher Education: Sweden, Norway and Germany Compared
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 33 (2014) 1, S.45-61 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
DOI	10.1080/02601370.2013.873212
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Higher Education; Access to Education; Student Participation; International Cooperation; Student Mobility; Educational Policy; College Admission; Inclusion; Lifelong Learning; Knowledge Economy; Aging (Individuals); High School Graduates; Adult Education; Educational Change; Germany; Norway; Sweden; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Inklusion; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Aging; Altern; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsreform; Deutschland; Norwegen; Schweden
Abstract	Widening access to higher education is clearly part of the European policy agenda. Higher education ministers in the Bologna countries, as well as the European Commission, have all expressed a wish to make higher education more representative of national populations. This policy objective has been echoed at national level. One approach to widening participation is to provide "second chance" routes into higher education. This is achieved by removing academic success at the secondary school as the determining factor for access to higher education. This paper compares the approaches to providing these second chance routes in Germany, Norway and Sweden. Each of these countries has organized second chance routes in a different manner, according to different principles and with differing obligations for the higher education institutions receiving the applicants. The paper closes with a review of the impact of second chance routes for widening participation and a discussion on the contribution such measures make to more inclusive higher education. The case studies support an expectation that second chance routes, although increasingly widely used, will remain a contested policy measure in the future. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10