What we can learn from others - examples of successful education policy from various EU countries, part 2

Part 2: University education: November 2006, Luise Wernisch, with the cooperation of Werner T. Bauer and Iris Simsa, 32 pages

Over the past years, the situation at universities in Austria has dramatically changed: their legal-organisational environment has been reorganised, university tuition fees and various access restrictions have been introduced. Many of Austria’s universities perform poorly in international rankings and continue to lose ground. The present examination tries to depict what other universities do better. Research and teachings are examined as is university funding, possible university tuition fees and access policy. It is the objective of the comparison to show alternatives to give those responsible for education policy in Austria the opportunity to learn from others who do it better. The examination supplements a first part, which was already published in summer 2005 and which deals with the pre-school sector up to the upper secondary level.

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