Liberated Universities

Rather than being state agencies, Sweden’s colleges and universities ought to be made into independent educational institutions, says Daniels Tarschys, who just authored an enquiry into the autonomy of higher education in Sweden. “This would give them substantially more freedom of movement, while at the same time taking the interests of society and tax payers into account by through public supervision and control,” he writes in an article published by Dagens Nyheter.

I agree. The dependence on the state is a huge problem in Swedish academia. We need to liberate the universities from state interference. I would prefer complete privatisation, but Tarschys seems to offer a decent compromise.