Broadened recruitment

The party programme establishes that social skewing in recruitment to higher education needs to be broken, among other things through more educational institutions and relocation of education. The election manifesto requires that it should become easier to educate oneself after primary school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet or where in the country you live. The counter-proposal's demand for actively broadened recruitment to higher education, adult education and vocational education is precisely this commitment.

• break social skewingdecisive»sociala snedrekryteringen till högskolan behöver brytas, bland annat« (party programme ↗)“social skewing in recruitment to higher education needs to be broken, among other things”
• equal access to education»Det måste bli lättare att utbilda sig efter grundskolan oavsett vem du är, tjockleken på din plånbok eller var i landet du bor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become easier to educate oneself after primary school regardless of who you are, the thickness of your wallet or where in the country you live.”
• education throughout the country»genom en utökning av antalet lärosäten och utlokalisering av utbildningar till fler orter i landet.« (party programme ↗)“through an expansion of the number of educational institutions and relocation of education to more places in the country.”
• more places in adult education»Vänsterpartiet vill se en utökning av antalet platser inom såväl« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party wants to see an expansion of the number of places in both”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan explicitly establishes that social inequality in higher education recruitment must be broken and that high demands shall be placed on the entire education sector to break social and gender-based patterns. That opening doors to knowledge for all is central to breaking class patterns, and all adults shall have opportunities for further education, according to the plan. The counter-proposal's demand for actively broadened recruitment to higher education, adult education and vocational education is the same commitment. The plan supports the demand.

• break social inequalitydecisive»Den sociala snedrekryteringen till högskolan måste brytas« (party programme ↗)“Social inequality in higher education recruitment must be broken”
• knowledge for all»Att öppna dörrarna till kunskap för alla är centralt för att bryta klassmönstren.« (party programme ↗)“That opening doors to knowledge for all is central to breaking class patterns.”
• demands on education sector»sociala och könsbundna mönstren bryts« (party programme ↗)“social and gender-based patterns are broken”
• adults' right to education»Alla vuxna, inom alla delar av arbetslivet, ska ha möjlighet till fort- och« (party programme ↗)“All adults, in all parts of working life, shall have opportunities for further and”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme explicitly states that the party seeks broad recruitment to higher education and that underrepresented groups should have better opportunities to study, which is precisely what the counter-proposal requires. The plan moreover wants access to higher education to be good throughout the country and is built on popular education and lifelong learning.

• broadened recruitmentdecisive»Vi eftersträvar en bred rekrytering till högre« (party programme ↗)“We seek broad recruitment to higher”
• education throughout the country»Tillgången på högre utbildning ska vara god i hela« (party programme ↗)“Access to higher education should be good throughout”
• lifelong learning as a right»Vi tror på folkbildningen och det livslånga lärandet.« (party programme ↗)“We believe in popular education and lifelong learning.”

The plan establishes that anyone who wants to can educate themselves throughout their entire life and that education is the individual's strongest tool to increase their opportunities regardless of social and economic background. An actively broadened recruitment to higher education, adult education and vocational training is precisely what should create these class journeys. The plan emphasizes at the same time the independence of educational institutions, but supports the goal of broadened access in substance.

• lifelong learning for everyonedecisive»Alla som vill ska ha möjlighet att utbilda sig genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Anyone who wants to can educate themselves throughout their entire life.”
• education regardless of background»utöka sina möjligheter oavsett social och ekonomisk bakgrund« (party programme ↗)“expand their opportunities regardless of social and economic background”
• class journeys through education»Genom att ge alla elever, oavsett bakgrund, möjligheter till en bra utbildning skapas möjligheter till klassresor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“By giving all students, regardless of background, opportunities for a good education, opportunities for class journeys are created.”
• institutional independence»Högre utbildning och fria lärosäten ska självständigt kunna bedriva högkvalitativ forskning och utbildning.« (party programme ↗)“Higher education and free educational institutions must independently be able to conduct high-quality research and education.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's socially liberal core is that no one should be trapped in the circumstances they were born into and that education should be accessible to all regardless of economic background and place of residence. Actively broadening recruitment to higher education, adult education and vocational education follows directly from this. The plan also values the educational institutions' own responsibility, which argues for broadening in the institutions' own operations rather than detailed government control.

• equality in life chancesdecisive»Ingen människa ska vara fången i de villkor han eller hon föddes in i.« (party programme ↗)“No person should be trapped in the circumstances they were born into.”
• education accessible to all»Individen ska alltid ha goda möjligheter till utbildning. Högre utbildning av god kvalitet ska finnas tillgänglig i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“The individual should always have good opportunities for education. Higher education of good quality should be accessible throughout the country.”
• studies regardless of background»Studiemedelssystemet ska skapa förutsättningar för alla oavsett ekonomisk bakgrund att studera på akademisk nivå.« (party programme ↗)“The student finance system should create conditions for all, regardless of economic background, to study at academic level.”
• background should not determine future»Din bakgrund ska inte avgöra din framtid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Your background should not determine your future.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that higher education shall be accessible to all who have interest in and capacity for studies, that the pursuit of knowledge is a human right and that opportunities for continued studies shall not be limited to a certain age interval. It also requires well-developed adult education. Actively broadened recruitment to higher education, adult education and vocational training follows from these commitments.

• accessible higher educationdecisive»Den högre utbildningen ska vara tillgänglig för alla« (party programme ↗)“Higher education shall be accessible to all”
• pursuit of knowledge as a right»mänsklig rättighet som måste värnas.« (party programme ↗)“human right that must be protected.”
• studies throughout life»Möjligheterna till fortsatta studier ska inte vara begränsade till ett visst åldersintervall i yngre år.« (party programme ↗)“Opportunities for continued studies shall not be limited to a certain age interval in younger years.”
• developed adult education»Det innebär att vuxenutbildningen ska vara väl utbyggd.« (party programme ↗)“This means that adult education shall be well-developed.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants quality and international competitiveness to be guiding for higher education and academic institutions to be strong, independent and protected from political pressure. The counter-proposal instead places a new political task on academic institutions about actively broadened recruitment, which is close to the control the plan wants to avoid. The plan also rejects political constructed admission in the form of quotas.

• quality guides admissiondecisive»Kvalitet och internationell konkurrenskraft ska vara styrande för den högre utbildningen.« (party programme ↗)“Quality and international competitiveness should be guiding for higher education.”
• no political pressure»Värna den fria forskningen från politiska pekpinnar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect free research from political pressure”
• independent academic institutions»Sverige ska ha starka och självständiga lärosäten« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should have strong and independent academic institutions”
• no to quotas»Vi säger därför bestämt nej till storskaliga experiment med kvotering, lottning eller tvångsbussning av elever.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We therefore firmly say no to large-scale experiments with quotas, lotteries or forced busing of students.”

The counter-proposal requires that educational institutions actively broaden recruitment. The plan instead states that political steering of higher education should decrease and academic independence increase, and that education provision should be guided by labour market needs rather than new political mandates. The party programme also rejects positive discrimination as a means. The basis is weak because the plan does not address recruitment to university.

• decreased political steeringdecisive»Den politiska styrningen av högre utbildning ska minska och akademins självständighet öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Political steering of higher education should decrease and academic independence increase.”
• labour-market-driven dimensioning»Utbilda efter de behov som finns på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Educate according to the needs that exist in the labour market”
• no positive discrimination»Vare sig negativ eller positiv särbehandling på basis av kön, ålder, sexuell läggning, nationalitet eller« (party programme ↗)“Neither negative nor positive discrimination on grounds of sex, age, sexual orientation, nationality or”
• academic independence»Slå vakt om den högre akademins självständighet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Protect the independence of higher academia”