Hvem læser på velfærdsprofessionsuddannelserne? – ændringer i rekrutteringsmønstre de sidste 25 år

Denne artikel beskaeftiger sig med den generelle udvikling i den sociale rekruttering til de videregaende uddannelser i Danmark de sidste 30 ar og saetter saerlig fokus pa, hvilke sociale grupper velfaerdsprofessionerne rekrutterer fra, sammenlignet med ovrige videregaende uddannelser. Velfaerdsprofessionerne er interessante, fordi de indtager en central rolle i forhold til at opretholde vitale funktioner i velfaerdssamfundet. De seneste ar har vaeret praeget af en debat om, hvorvidt disse semiprofessioner har oplevet et relativt statustab set i forhold til de ovrige videregaende uddannelser. Vi undersoger aendringer i adgangen til velfaerdsprofessionsuddannelserne og de ovrige videregaende uddannelser gennem en raekke statistiske modeller pa baggrund af registerdata fra perioden 1989-2011. Vi finder, at den sociale ulighed, eller sociale selektivitet, i adgangen til videregaende uddannelser generelt er mindsket over arene, men primaert i de perioder hvor uddannelserne ekspanderer. Vi finder videre, at den sociale selektivitet i udgangspunktet er ganske forskellig afhaengig af, om vi betragter de selektive lange videregaende uddannelser eller de mindre selektive velfaerdsprofessionsuddannelser (hvor paedagoguddannelsen er den mindst selektive af de fire behandlede velfaerdsprofessionsuddannelser). ENGELSK ABSTRACT: Jens Peter Thomsen, Siri Dencker and Thomas Morch Pedersen: Changes in Access to Higher Education and Welfare Professional Educations in Denmark 1989-2011 In this paper we examine the social backgrounds of the individuals enrolled in welfare professional educations in Denmark. We ask if there have been significant changes in enrollments in these educations relative to other higher educations during the past 30 years? Can we find evidence of a purported status loss of these professional educations relative to other professions? This paper addresses these questions by applying various regression models using Danish register data from 1989 to 2011. It is shown that: 1. Social inequality in access to higher education has been on the decline during 1989-2011, but only in times of educational expansion. 2. Social selectivity in access to welfare professional educations differs, all of these educations being significantly less selective than university education. Key words: Inequality in access to higher education by social origin, educational expansion, higher education programmes, access to welfare professional programmes.