► Why did you launch an investigation? Over the decades, the landscape of higher education has changed a great deal. There is a growing number of private actors, who train 23% of students and some of which, for profit, are owned by investment funds. During the previous five-year period, the ministry wanted to help young […]
The preparatory classes are no longer quite the royal road. The numbers, at least, suggest a loss of attractiveness. Over ten years, their numbers have certainly increased by 4%, from 79,800 to 83,400 students. But this progression occurs in a much more dynamic demographic context, since at the same time, the total number of students […]
La Croix: During a graduation ceremony, students from AgroParisTech called on young people to “desert” the industry. Does this surprise you? Laurent Champaney: Not at all. This is a trend that we have been observing for about five years in our engineering and business schools or in political studies institutes. Many of our students have […]
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, French higher education is gradually discovering the extent of gender-based and sexual violence that persists on campuses. After CentraleSupélec, it is another engineering school, and not the least, Polytechnique, which has looked into the phenomenon. → READ. Sexual violence in higher education: student associations get involved Following the […]
The cross : What senior civil servants does France need? Maryvonne Le Brignonen : Men and women of action, open to Europe and the world, eager to serve their fellow citizens. Trained in a school of excellence, they must have a global vision of the challenges of the 21st century but also have “the spirit […]
At 1er next January, the ENA will have lived. Accused of many evils, symbolizing, sometimes wrongly, a State insufficiently connected to the realities on the ground, the National School of Administration will give way to the National Institute of Public Service (INSP). With at its head, for four years, Maryvonne Le Brignonen, chosen among the […]
This is the end of a long selection process. Nine months after the resignation of Frédéric Mion, in a context marked by the “Duhamel” scandal (1) and cases of sexual violence, Sciences Po has just acquired a new director, Mathias Vicherat. At 43 years old, this senior civil servant spent in the private sector obtained […]
Support, through a call for projects, student associations at the forefront of the fight against gender-based and sexual violence. This is one of the components of the plan unveiled this Friday, October 15 on France Info by the Minister of Higher Education, Frédérique Vidal. It is about relying on the action of peers to convey […]
► The main phase of Parcoursup ends this Friday July 16. What does this mean in concrete terms? Higher education establishments have until July 14 to submit registration proposals. The candidates concerned have until July 16 inclusive to respond. Those who have definitively accepted a proposal must in principle finalize their registration by this date […]
“Reconcile education with the world and changing professions. “ This is one of the seven priority challenges that have emerged over the Estates General led by Upward; twenty months of a vast consultation which brought together young people, families, professionals and educational players, the State and local communities, businesses and unions. An unprecedented process which […]