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Stimulating Science and Technology in Higher Education
An international comparison of policy measures and their effectiveness
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology in higher education. This study consists of an international comparison across six European countries, examining how students make decisions about entering a certain study and assessing whether and how policies are addressing these factors. The report concludes with a set of recommendations to improve the low uptake of S&T in the Netherlands.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Background and research questions
Chapter Two:
Approach
Chapter Three:
A Perspective on Supply
Chapter Four:
Influencing study choice
Chapter Five:
Outflow: yield and labour market position
Chapter Six:
Policy development: trends and types of measures
Chapter Seven:
Policy measures: how and why they seem to work
Chapter Eight:
Synthesis and conclusions
Appendix A:
Specific groups in the student population
Appendix B:
Summary of policy measures
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