ABSTRACT
In Norway, the tertiary education system has been the target of a wide variety of reforms since the mid-1960s, mostly as a consequence of the large growth in student numbers. This chapter focuses on the major implications of the adoption of a policy of transferability. It provides contextual elements on the Norwegian tertiary education landscape and an overview of the developments aimed at bridging the divide among the different types of institutions. The Norwegian post-secondary education system constitutes three sectors corresponding to particular types of educational provision and institutional profiles: the vocational school sector, the college sector, and the university sector. The chapter concludes by raising awareness, among policy makers and institutional leaders alike, of the implications of pursuing a policy of integration without paying adequate attention to the dynamics of the system and the unintended effects of particular policy measures, such as student transfers.
