{"id":293,"date":"2003-11-28T02:24:43","date_gmt":"2003-11-28T09:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stefangeens.com\/?p=293"},"modified":"2003-11-28T02:24:43","modified_gmt":"2003-11-28T09:24:43","slug":"sveriges-utbildningspolitik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stefangeens.com\/2001-2013\/2003\/11\/sveriges-utbildningspolitik\/","title":{"rendered":"Sveriges utbildningspolitik"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it’s a relief to write in English again — I think I just had my first case Swedish writer’s block. There isn’t really anything new in the post on the right — just the same old argument about which education system is more equitable — the free-for-all subsidized by taxes or the user-pays system — so I am not going to bother to translate it. It’s my weekly Swedish homework, and in an otherwise light blogging week this means a preponderance of posts in Swedish (!).
 
Blogging can be such a puerile pursuit at times, not unlike scratching somebody else’s itch to see if you get slapped. I admit the post on the right is a bit like that. But I am genuinely interested in hearing a defense of the current Swedish education policy, because at first blush it does seem to be rather unegalitarian: For example, only 13% of doctoral students are classified as “working class”, although 35% of the general population is. (Yes, they do have that classification.)
 
The best defense I’ve heard in favor of free university education is that Sweden, specifically, has a low wealth disparity, so by getting a degree here you are not really helping yourself so much as contributing to society. But I can think of a number of objections to that argument too. We’ll see if I have to muster them.<\/span>Eftersom mitt f\u00f6rsta inl\u00e4gg p\u00e5 svenska gick tillr\u00e4ckligt bra, \u00e5tminstone utan en massa avhopp, kommer ni att forceras l\u00e4sa ett till. Det h\u00e4r \u00e4r min l\u00e4xa, f\u00f6rst\u00e5s?<\/p>\n

Idag funderade jag p\u00e5 Sveriges utbildningspolitik. En sak gillar jag mycket, en annan f\u00f6rst\u00e5r jag inte. Vad jag gillar \u00e4r att utl\u00e4ndska studenter f\u00e5r studera gratis i Sverige p\u00e5 h\u00f6gskolor, \u00e4ven om de senare inte kommer att betala skatt (eftersom de m\u00e5ste \u00e5ka tillbaka). Om studenter kommer fr\u00e5n utvecklingsl\u00e4nder \u00e4r det effektivt en bra sort bist\u00e5nd, men: flest av de kommer infatta fr\u00e5n rik Europa: 16.000 av en total 26,000 utl\u00e4ndska studenter i Sverige kom fr\u00e5n Europa i 2001, enligt OECD [XLS, 170kB<\/a>]. Ocks\u00e5 bland Svenska h\u00f6gskolestudenter kommer en st\u00f6rre andel fr\u00e5n rikare familjer, enligt HSV. [PDF, 156kB, sidan 37<\/a>] Men alla svenskar betalar skatt, ocks\u00e5 de som inte har studerat p\u00e5 h\u00f6gskolor, och d\u00e4rf\u00f6r inte f\u00e5r fiskala f\u00f6rdelarna. Helt enkelt, man kan s\u00e4ga att, netto, de fattiga svenskarna underst\u00f6djer de rika svenskarna. Det \u00e4r motsatsen av vad en progressiv skattepolitik b\u00f6r vara.<\/p>\n

Den h\u00e4r svenska utbildningspolitiken resulterar inte i mera h\u00f6gskolestudenter som procent av total befolkning \u00e4n USA: 32% av svenskar mellan 25-64 \u00e5r hade h\u00f6gskoleutbildning i 2001, mot 37% i USA, enligt HSV. [PDF, 300kB, sista sidan<\/a>] D\u00e4rf\u00f6r kan man inte argumentera att gratis utbildning fr\u00e4mjar deltagandet. Skulle det inte vara j\u00e4mlikare om studenter betalar f\u00f6r vad de anv\u00e4nder, utom de fattigare svenskar, vem skulle ha stipendier?<\/p>\n

(Om du har en pl\u00f6tslig l\u00e4ngtan om att korrigera n\u00e5got h\u00e4r ovan, det f\u00e5r du.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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