New Book Law promotes the syllabus in English for Norwegian students
The forthcoming Book Law will presumably increase the proportion of the English-language syllabus, also where students and lecturers prefer new Norwegian literature.
Both supporters and opponents of a fixed price system (book law) under-communicate that one must weigh up positive and negative (socio-economic) effects of a book law for both general and scientific literature, Øystein Foros writes.
His feature article Ny boklov fremmer pensum på engelsk for norske studenter (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 8 May, 2023.