After a brief presentation of the specificities of French higher education‐policies, the principal characteristics of the French higher education system are presented and described so as to distinguish two of the principal means which the authorities have used most frequently to steer higher education: on the one hand, regulations leading to formal changes, and on the other hand, incentives. The article closes with a description of the constraints which limit the decisions of the central authorities and an evaluation of their logic of action.
Higher Education in Europe
Volume 17, 1992 - Issue 3
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