Improving the quality of education is a key policy objective in OECD countries. Major education reforms are underway around the world in response to demands to make lifelong learning opportunities available to all. Education Policy Analysis provides an opportunity to reflect on, and learn from, this rich international experience. The 2003 edition contains state-of-the-art reviews of policy issues and international developments in:

• the ways that countries define students with disabilities, difficulties and disadvantages, the approaches they are taking to meet those needs, and what these imply for debates about equity and inclusion; 
• new approaches to career guidance, for both young people and adults, that facilitate lifelong learning by developing career management skills over the lifespan;
• the profound changes underway in the objectives and clientele of higher education, and what these imply for the way higher education is financed and governed;
• policy options for making sure that investments in adult lifelong learning - by individuals, governments and enterprises - pay off and are sustainable over the long term.
  

 The 2003 edition also includes, for the first time, a summary of major education policy changes across a wide range of fields in OECD countries.

• Overview
  • Danish Overview
  • Dutch Overview
  • Finnish Overview
  • French Overview
  • German Overview
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  • Greek Overview
  • Hungarian Overview
  • Italian Overview
  • Japanese Overview
  • Korean Overview
  • Norwegian Overview
  • Polish Overview
  • Portuguese Overview
  • Slovak Overview
  • Spanish Overview
  • Swedish Overview
  • Turkish Overview   

 

• News Release
• Introduction
• Table of Contents
• Brochure

Chapter 1: Diversity, Inclusion and Equity: Insights from Special Needs Provision

• Summary
• Key Charts

Chapter 2: Career Guidance: New Ways Forward

• Summary
• Key Country Developments

Chapter 3: Changing Patterns of Governance in Higher Education

• Summary
• Key Tables

Chapter 4: Strategies for Sustainable Investment in Adult Lifelong Learning

• Summary
• Key Country Developments

Annex: Recent Education Policy Developments in OECD Countries

• Summary
• Country Entries

 

Readers can access the full version of Education Policy Analysis 2003 by choosing one of the following options:

• Subscribers and readers at subscribing institutions can access the online edition via SourceOECD, our online library.
• Non-subscribers can purchase the PDF e-book and/or paper copy via our Online bookshop
• Access by password for accredited journalists

Previous editions

• Education Policy Analysis: 2002 Edition  (Paperback)
• Education Policy Analysis: 2001 Edition (Paperback)
• Education Policy Analysis: 1999 Edition (Electronic Publication)
• Education Policy Analysis: 1998 Edition (Electronic Publication)
• Education Policy Analysis: 1997 Edition (Electronic Publication)

Further Reading

The companion volume Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2003  provides an extensive and internationally comparable set of indicators on education systems around the world.