Minister of Education Johan Pehrson (L) has announced that the government will investigate the form of authority for higher education institutions, where a foundation form may replace the current form.
The Swedish National Union of Students welcomes a discussion about academic freedom, but a focus on governance obscures more acute threats to academic freedom.
I SFS debate article at the Althingi We write today that several of the threats to academic freedom; lack of constitutional protection, uncertain financing and political control, would not disappear with a new organizational form. Without a real freedom reform, talk about governance becomes a fog curtain that hides the real problems of the university.