Konkurrens och sjunkande utbildningsresultat på Lunds Universitet
(2017) STVK02 20171Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In the beginning of 2016 an intense debate took place in Swedish media concerning the quality of higher education. In the debate it was claimed that the quality is in decline partly due to result based financing for universities and an increase in competition amongst them. Despite the large interest for the subject no study has so far been conducted to discern what is true and what is not.
This study uses quantitative data to analyze trends in grade distribution since the 1990’s for courses in history, political science and sociology at Lund University to see if students are actually performing worse than before; measured in how many achieve a passing grade and how many achieve a higher grade. The findings are then correlated against the... (More) - In the beginning of 2016 an intense debate took place in Swedish media concerning the quality of higher education. In the debate it was claimed that the quality is in decline partly due to result based financing for universities and an increase in competition amongst them. Despite the large interest for the subject no study has so far been conducted to discern what is true and what is not.
This study uses quantitative data to analyze trends in grade distribution since the 1990’s for courses in history, political science and sociology at Lund University to see if students are actually performing worse than before; measured in how many achieve a passing grade and how many achieve a higher grade. The findings are then correlated against the rise of competing courses at other Universities in the region as well as internet based courses.
The main result of the study is that there is a decline in the percentage of students who receive a passing grade in three out of the six courses examined. This decline can however not be traced to an increase of competition, although competition does appear to have a slight negative influence on courses in sociology. (Less)
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- author
- Wendsjö, Ludvig LU
- supervisor
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- Erik Ringmar LU
- organization
- alternative title
- En statistisk studie av betygsutveckling inom historia, statsvetenskap och sociologi
- course
- STVK02 20171
- year
- 2017
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Lunds Universitet, betyg, NPM, New Public Management, konkurrens, statsvetenskap, historia, sociologi
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8907524
- date added to LUP
- 2017-07-11 15:27:28
- date last changed
- 2017-07-11 15:27:28
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