ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the development and effects of the Danish University's Bachelor of Arts Degree Ordinance (BA) initiative, as an illustration of the inherent conflict between quantity and quality objectives which many higher education policies worldwide have encountered. In the economic sphere, the Danish national debt registered as one of the highest among the Organization of European Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries in the 1980s. The interview procedure followed a format that is consistent with interview methodology found in qualitative research. Faculty and student academic advisor responses to the question concerning the role of productivity and efficiency in the BA policy raise little doubt about the emphasis on quantity objectives. In a study of the West German higher education system, Teichler observed that relationships between expansion and quality are directly addressed in proposals to limit most courses of study to three years or else greatly expand short-cycle higher education.
