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Direct linkHelland, Håvard; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
Many studies have found a greater risk of dropping out among students from modest social origins compared to those from families characterized by high levels of education. This paper investigates social differences in student completion rates in short professional programmed, such as nursing, social work, early childhood and primary school teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Time to Degree, Family Influence
Kyvik, Svein; Olsen, Terje Bruen – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This article examines changes in completion rates and time-to-degree in Norwegian doctoral training over the last 30 years. A steadily increasing share of doctoral candidates holding a fellowship have been awarded their doctoral degree within five years; from 30% of those admitted in 1980 to 60% of those admitted 25 years later. Furthermore, the…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Doctoral Degrees, Efficiency, Foreign Countries
Opheim, V. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
In 2002 the student finance system in Norway went through a major restructuring. The changes included an increase in student support and an introduction of progression-dependent grants. Using two student welfare surveys conducted in 1998 and 2005, the paper analyses the effect of the changes on the students. The analysis compares the risk of study…
Descriptors: Incentives, Student Welfare, Social Differences, Loan Repayment
Peer reviewedSmeby, Jens-Christian – Studies in Higher Education, 2000
Examined why graduate students take longer to complete humanities and social sciences degrees than natural sciences degrees. Found that field differences in knowledge structures and the organization of research have significant implications for research training. "Hard" fields have a directed supervision model and close relationship…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Foreign Countries, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedSmeby, Jens-Christian – Teaching in Higher Education, 2002
Surveyed and interviewed Norwegian graduate students to determine if being attached to a professor's research project improves the effectiveness of the learning experience--for example, contact with supervisors and other students, and time to degree. Found a positive effect across all field of study, although differences in project organization…
Descriptors: Faculty Advisers, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Download full textLoftfield, Gabriel E. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1930
The main purposes of this study are: (1) to assemble and report the facts about secondary education in Norway, and (2) to interpret to some extent the educational philosophy of that country. A minor purpose is to furnish the data that will help place properly in the schools of the United States any young people from Norway who may come here to…
Descriptors: Evening Programs, Admission (School), Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries
