Government Commission for Higher Education explained

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.^[1]

Members

The Commission consisted of the following members

• Steinar Stjernø
• Irene Dahl Andersen
• Marianne Andreassen
• Peter Arbo
• Agneta Bladh
• Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl
• Marianne Harg
• Peter Maassen
• Jens Maseng
• Ernst Nordtveit
• Kathrine Skretting
• Katrine Elida Aaland

External links

• Norwegian Official Report 2008:3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kristoffer Hatteland Endresen . Stjernø wants to gather the forces . Universitas.no . 2011-10-31.