Teaching Quality in Higher Education Tops Norway’s Government Agenda

By Elizabeth Koprowski. Isaksen and the Norwegian government have spent the last several years working with the country's education sector to restructure higher education and training and are now turning their sights on teaching and academic culture in Norway. On 12 January 2016, during the Ministry's yearly meeting with university and education leaders, Isaksen identified five areas where, if changed, would most effectively improve the quality of Norwegian higher education system. These areas included: student engagement, teaching methodologies, internationalization, academic culture, and education-career integration. More...