From Expansion to Academic Drift and Declining Student Numbers: The Dutch Case

Harry de Boer

From Expansion to Academic Drift and Declining Student Numbers

The Dutch Case

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H.F. de Boer University of Twente Center for Higher Education Policy Studies

Keywords:

Universities of applied sciences, the Netherlands, binary system, academic drift, declining student numbers

Abstract

Universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands have undergone a stormy process of development since the 1980s. Subsequently, a number of issues related to this growth have emerged and are currently the subject of reflection and discussion, in particular academic drift and recently declining student numbers.

Author Biography

H.F. de Boer, University of Twente Center for Higher Education Policy Studies

H.F. de Boer is a researcher at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands. Email: h.f.deboer@utwente.nl

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2023-04-17

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de Boer, H. (2023). From Expansion to Academic Drift and Declining Student Numbers: The Dutch Case. International Higher Education, (114), 7–9. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/16415

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No. 114 (2023): Spring Issue

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