► 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 […]
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Among the 25-34 year olds, one in two French people is now a graduate
A tipping point has just been reached: in 2021, among 25-34 year olds, France had as many higher education graduates (50%, i.e. two points more than a year earlier) as people left the system. education with a baccalaureate, a CAP, or even without any qualification. This is one of the lessons of the study “Views […]
Increase in the number of students: how is higher education adapting?
► How are student numbers changing? They are on the rise, for the fifteenth consecutive year: 2.99 million students are expected this fall, i.e. 0.8% more than the consolidated numbers for 2021. This increase should continue for several more years, before a probable decline: primary and secondary education should lose half a million students by […]
Higher education: dual degrees are popular
Having a diploma is good, having two is better! More demanding, more recognized but also more selective than a traditional degree, double degrees are popular. The principle of these courses is simple: allow students to prepare two diplomas at the same time, all without additional courses or expenses. These can be offered in partnership with […]
In higher education, the controversial breakthrough of inclusive writing
Inclusive writing? Yes, ” of cours “, Margot uses the midpoint on a daily basis to group together the masculine and feminine forms in the same word. In exchanges with his comrades as in his academic work. “Well, not with the most conservative of my teachers”, concedes this student in master of letters. In his […]
Sexual violence in higher education: student associations get involved
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 […]
Parcoursup: the mention “100% face-to-face” worries higher education
“100% face-to-face course monitoring”. The SNES-FSU secondary school union, in a press release dated April 26, is alarmed by the feedback from teachers in higher education establishments concerning ” of files, in particular private ”, with this mention, on Parcoursup. The instrumentalization of this “Situation of inequality “Among high school students, as a guarantee of […]
A strike with multiple demands in education and higher education
Primary, secondary, higher, same fight. At the call of a large inter-union (Snes, Snuipp, FO, Sud, Snalc, Snesup, etc.), professors and teacher-researchers, joined in particular by one of the main student organizations, UNEF, will try to put the government under pressure, this Tuesday, January 26. On the national education side, the demands relate to a […]
Higher education, a profitable investment?
At the time of choice, vertigo. Thousands of training courses are available to final year students, invited from Wednesday January 20 to register on Parcoursup. The time to choose studies, the time for questions also for these young people and their families, with a host of parameters to weigh the more and the less of […]