The implications of Sweden's recent policy trend toward broad decentralization in government for the education system in general, and higher education in particular, are discussed, including issues of local involvement and central reforms, autonomy and local governance, and bureaucratization. (MSE)

The future of the academic profession in Sweden will depend on the public commitment to developing equality, job security, and flexibility in a traditionally stratified profession at a time of relative financial inflexibility. A number of directions are now possible, determined by the relationship formed between policy and economy. (MSE)