Upper Secondary Schools and Sparsity: The Case of Northern Sweden

Autor/in	Lind, Tommy
Titel	Upper Secondary Schools and Sparsity: The Case of Northern Sweden
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 63 (2019) 3, S.333-346 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lind, Tommy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2017.1375005
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary Schools; School Organization; Municipalities; Educational Change; Competition; Student Recruitment; Secondary School Students; Enrollment; Geographic Distribution; Graduation Rate; Expenditure per Student; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarschule; School organisation; Schulorganisation; Magistrat; Bildungsreform; Wettkampf; Sekundarschüler; Einschulung; Schweden
Abstract	Governmental reforms since the early 1990s have acted as a push factor for starting new schools in Sweden and have created options for pupils to choose a school irrespective of municipal borders. This study highlights the upper secondary school system in small municipalities in northern Sweden since the late 1990s. The analysis shows that the reforms led to more schools, and thereby also to more competition in recruiting pupils both within and across municipal borders. When the cohorts started declining, the vulnerability of the school structure became obvious. The competition generated higher costs per capita and fewer available programs in small municipalities. Furthermore, it was noted that fewer pupils attending schools in small municipalities completed their education compared to those in larger municipalities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01