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So the 15000 students will be forced to join the courses in demand and that will dry up due to increased supply. Then what? Will they keep moving courses arou

So the 15000 students will be forced to join the courses in demand and that will dry up due to increased supply. Then what? Will they keep moving courses around every year? What happens to the teaching faculty for some course that goes away and comes back?

ThomPete 12y ago
Denmark have had a longstanding issue with too many students choosing humanistic fields and going straight out to unemployment. It's a welcome decision.
- JamisonM 12y ago
  It is at least a perceived longstanding issue, how large a problem is it really? How large an economic impact does it have? I suspect that the government did not actually investigate those factors. Denmark's unemployment rate stands well below the EU average, better than Finland, France, Estonia, Belgium, and comparable to the Czech Republic. Fixing possible non-problems with solutions that may have long-term negative consequences is usually bad policy. No one knows what the future of employment is going to look like.
  - ThomPete 12y ago
    It's not a non-problem its a big problem especially in a country where education is free. Unemployment is low because the public sector is huge and take a lot of those people in. But a smaller and smaller percentage of the population pays for that and so they can't continue growing it. This is the main reason why they are cutting down. With some of the highest taxes in the world and also free health care plus very liberal social welfare model this is unsustainable. And you could might as well turn it around. How big a problem is it really that they minimize their approval of humanistic applicants. Denmark is doing bad when it comes to building companies. It's very easy to start a company but growing it is extremely difficult and not financially as rewarding. They need more people to start doing stuff not just getting hired. And then we haven't even touched on the more fundamental issue with the way Denmark thought and still think about education.
    - JamisonM 12y ago
      Sounds like a lot of vague arm-waving to me. How is Denmark's government debt to GDP ratio? Private debt to GDP ratio? Employment rate? Workforce participation rate? Economic growth? How do all those things compare to its peer group? You can't look at Norway's petro-fuelled prosperity and decide they have the answers for you, look at nations with similar economic structures. What evidence is there of actually unsustainable things in the economic model of Denmark? Where are the symptoms? Legatum's prosperity ratings have Denmark at #6 in the world overall and one of the lowest in business startup costs in the world. (#2 in the world in the entrepreneurship and opportunity category!) By every objective measure it seems like a wonderful place to start a business!
      - ThomPete 12y ago
        Arm-waving? I am from Denmark. are you? I had a company in Denmark with 70 people did you? If you are really interested in answers to your own questions may I suggest you get educated on the matter before you decide to make any haste judgment on what I am telling you.
        MrJagil 12y ago
        That is a poor appeal to your own authority. Thom, I'm Danish and entirely disagree with pretty much everything you've said in this thread regarding analysis and solutions, and I'm really sad that you discuss as if your words are gospel. Buzz phrases like "... it's unsustainable!" really don't belong here. They're impossible to argue for or against as the data is really clouded.
        ThomPete 12y ago
        Compared to who I was discussing with i HAVE authority. Fine that you disagree now make your case.
        JamisonM 12y ago
        I am just asking for evidence, and I looked into the answers to all the questions I listed above and saw either answers that seemed positive or neutral with respect to economic performance and the environment for entrepreneurship. The sentiments you expressed nearly every businessperson from every country expresses about their own nation. I cannot properly judge what you are telling me without evidence that goes beyond your word, if you do not wish to furnish that is fine - I thought it might be an interesting exercise for both of us. I am not from Denmark, but I also suppose that you have not run a corporation of similar size in every comparable nation in the world either, have you? The merits of a given economic model need to be evaluated relative to its peers. Neither you or I alone can be an authority on that. Edit: And we should be fair here, shouldn't we? I did provide evidence in the form of both studies and employment indicators. I think I have demonstrated a reasonable interest in educating myself on the topic.
jostmey 12y ago
According to the article students are being steered away from useless degrees for which there is no demand. This is (according to the some) a big problem here in the US. Too many students seek out a degree that offers no job prospects once they graduate.

ThomPete 12y ago

Denmark have had a longstanding issue with too many students choosing humanistic fields and going straight out to unemployment. It's a welcome decision.

JamisonM 12y ago
It is at least a perceived longstanding issue, how large a problem is it really? How large an economic impact does it have? I suspect that the government did not actually investigate those factors. Denmark's unemployment rate stands well below the EU average, better than Finland, France, Estonia, Belgium, and comparable to the Czech Republic. Fixing possible non-problems with solutions that may have long-term negative consequences is usually bad policy. No one knows what the future of employment is going to look like.
- ThomPete 12y ago
  It's not a non-problem its a big problem especially in a country where education is free. Unemployment is low because the public sector is huge and take a lot of those people in. But a smaller and smaller percentage of the population pays for that and so they can't continue growing it. This is the main reason why they are cutting down. With some of the highest taxes in the world and also free health care plus very liberal social welfare model this is unsustainable. And you could might as well turn it around. How big a problem is it really that they minimize their approval of humanistic applicants. Denmark is doing bad when it comes to building companies. It's very easy to start a company but growing it is extremely difficult and not financially as rewarding. They need more people to start doing stuff not just getting hired. And then we haven't even touched on the more fundamental issue with the way Denmark thought and still think about education.
  - JamisonM 12y ago
    Sounds like a lot of vague arm-waving to me. How is Denmark's government debt to GDP ratio? Private debt to GDP ratio? Employment rate? Workforce participation rate? Economic growth? How do all those things compare to its peer group? You can't look at Norway's petro-fuelled prosperity and decide they have the answers for you, look at nations with similar economic structures. What evidence is there of actually unsustainable things in the economic model of Denmark? Where are the symptoms? Legatum's prosperity ratings have Denmark at #6 in the world overall and one of the lowest in business startup costs in the world. (#2 in the world in the entrepreneurship and opportunity category!) By every objective measure it seems like a wonderful place to start a business!
    - ThomPete 12y ago
      Arm-waving? I am from Denmark. are you? I had a company in Denmark with 70 people did you? If you are really interested in answers to your own questions may I suggest you get educated on the matter before you decide to make any haste judgment on what I am telling you.
      - MrJagil 12y ago
        That is a poor appeal to your own authority. Thom, I'm Danish and entirely disagree with pretty much everything you've said in this thread regarding analysis and solutions, and I'm really sad that you discuss as if your words are gospel. Buzz phrases like "... it's unsustainable!" really don't belong here. They're impossible to argue for or against as the data is really clouded.
        ThomPete 12y ago
        Compared to who I was discussing with i HAVE authority. Fine that you disagree now make your case.
      - JamisonM 12y ago
        I am just asking for evidence, and I looked into the answers to all the questions I listed above and saw either answers that seemed positive or neutral with respect to economic performance and the environment for entrepreneurship. The sentiments you expressed nearly every businessperson from every country expresses about their own nation. I cannot properly judge what you are telling me without evidence that goes beyond your word, if you do not wish to furnish that is fine - I thought it might be an interesting exercise for both of us. I am not from Denmark, but I also suppose that you have not run a corporation of similar size in every comparable nation in the world either, have you? The merits of a given economic model need to be evaluated relative to its peers. Neither you or I alone can be an authority on that. Edit: And we should be fair here, shouldn't we? I did provide evidence in the form of both studies and employment indicators. I think I have demonstrated a reasonable interest in educating myself on the topic.

jostmey 12y ago

According to the article students are being steered away from useless degrees for which there is no demand. This is (according to the some) a big problem here in the US. Too many students seek out a degree that offers no job prospects once they graduate.