LEADER 03956nam 22006495 450 001 9910349337103321 005 20251116220134.0 010 $a9783030208080 010 $a3030208087 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-20808-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000009273534 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-20808-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5896684 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009273534 100 $a20190910d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century /$fby Jussi Välimaa 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (X, 325 p. 8 illus.) 225 1 $aHigher Education Dynamics,$x2215-1923 ;$v52 311 08$a9783030208073 311 08$a3030208079 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. The Emergence of Universities in the Middle Ages -- 3. Finnish Students at Medieval Universities -- 4. From the Reformation to the End of Swedish Rule ? Laying the Foundations of a National University -- 5. The Founding of the Royal Academy of Turku -- 6. The Academy of Turku During the Last Century of Swedish Rule (1720?1809) -- 7. The Age of Autonomy ? the Role of Higher Education in the Building of the Nation -- 8. The Expansion of Higher Education into Practical-Utilitarian Disciplines -- 9. The First Decades of Independence ? White Finland -- 10. The Development of Finland?s Higher Education System After the Second World War ? Towards a Welfare State -- 11. The Growth of Student Numbers and the Establishment of Polytechnics -- 12. Conclusions ? The Institutional and Organisational Layers of Finnish Higher Education. 330 $aThis book unravels the origins, continuities, and discontinuities of Finnish higher education as part of European higher education from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It describes the emergence of universities in the Middle Ages and the Finnish student, and moves on to the Reformation and the end of Swedish rule. It then discusses the founding of the Royal Academy of Turku, its professors and governing bodies, its role as a community, student numbers, the research and controversies. Travelling through the age of autonomy, the first decades of independence and the Second World War, the book examines the expansion of higher education, the development of the system, and the establishment of polytechnics. It concludes by analysing the multiple institutional and organisational layers of Finnish higher education. Altogether, the book offers an historical study that shows how and why education and higher education have been important in the process of making the Finnish nationand nation state. Translator: Dr. Inga Arffman. 410 0$aHigher Education Dynamics,$x2215-1923 ;$v52 606 $aEducation, Higher 606 $aEducation$xHistory 606 $aEducational sociology 606 $aEurope$xHistory 606 $aHigher Education 606 $aHistory of Education 606 $aSociology of Education 606 $aEuropean History 615 0$aEducation, Higher. 615 0$aEducation$xHistory. 615 0$aEducational sociology. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory. 615 14$aHigher Education. 615 24$aHistory of Education. 615 24$aSociology of Education. 615 24$aEuropean History. 676 $a378 676 $a378.4897 700 $aVa?limaa$b Jussi$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01060721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910349337103321 996 $aA History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century$92515411 997 $aUNINA