Government Commission for Higher Education
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The Government Commission for Higher Education (often known as the Stjernø Commission) was a commission appointed by the Government of Norway in 2006 to present recommendations on the development of research and higher education in Norway in a 20-year perspective. The Commission presented its report, Norwegian Official Report
2008:3, in 2008. The report proposed, inter alia, to reduce the number of universities and colleges in Norway to eight or ten.
The Commission consisted of the following members
Norwegian Official Report
A Norwegian Official Report is a report published by a panel or committee appointed by the Norwegian government. The Norwegian Parliament may request the government to establish such a committee....
2008:3, in 2008. The report proposed, inter alia, to reduce the number of universities and colleges in Norway to eight or ten.
The Commission consisted of the following members
- Steinar StjernøSteinar StjernøSteinar Stjernø is a Norwegian academic.He obtained the mag.art. degree in Public Administration and Organizational Theory from the University of Bergen in 1971. He worked as a researcher at the Norwegian State College of Local Government Administration and Social Work from 1971 to 1978, and...
- Irene Dahl Andersen
- Marianne Andreassen
- Peter ArboPeter Arbo (academic)Peter Nicolai Arbo is a Norwegian social scientist, and Associate Professor at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science at the University of Tromsø...
- Agneta Bladh
- Kirsti Kolle GrøndahlKirsti Kolle GrøndahlKirsti Kolle Grøndahl is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, currently County Governor of Buskerud. She was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of International Development from 1988 to 1989...
- Marianne Harg
- Peter Maassen
- Jens Maseng
- Ernst Nordtveit
- Kathrine Skretting
- Katrine Elida Aaland