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7%
3 + 1
46%
3 + 2
2 + 3
3%
2 + 2
7%
5 only
15%
Fig. 5
Distribution of two-tier patterns
EUPEN 2001 questionnaire
The «5 only» group contains 3 Austrian and 4 German universities.
The «4+X» group —where «X» stands for 0 or 1 or 2— includes
institutions from 10 countries. The «3+2» group, which is the most
numerous, totalling 46 % of the sample, includes 7 Italian, 6 Polish and 3
French institutions together with representatives from 9 other countries.
The «3+1» group includes 3 Swedish institutions. On the basis of such a
classification it is possible to correlate some of the quantities and
distributions discussed here with the specific «two-tier» pattern.
From our data we can extract an interesting feature, concerning the
range of variation per grid item of the allocated credits. If we look at
systems, which are supposedly homogeneous, say the «3+2»
institutions in IT or in PL; say the «5 only» institutions; etc. Indeed, in
the case of the «3+2» institutions the average variation in the first cycle
is much lower than the 62 credits pertaining to the whole sample (see
above): it is 15 credits in IT and 16 in PL, the largest variation never
exceeding 24 credits! In the «5 only» institutions the average variation is
47 credits, the largest variations being in the items characterizing 2 (92
credits), specialized & vocational (74), minor or optional (78).
In Fig. 6 we show the core credit distribution of the first cycle for the
«3+2» group, for the whole sample and for the «4+X» group. Amazingly
5 + 2
2%
4 only
7%
8%
4 + 2
3%
4 + 1
2%
3 only
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