Since the mid-2010s, the French secondary and higher education systems have undergone a series of far-reaching structural reforms: Parcoursup (2017), reforms to the general baccalaureate (2018) and the BUT (2021), not to mention the lingering effects of the 2020 health crisis. These simultaneous transformations are reshaping the conditions of access, as well as the logic of choice and selection in higher education. In this context of intertwined reforms, it becomes essential to take a fresh look at the determinants and modalities of access to higher education, as well as the behaviors and decisions of the various stakeholders.
The reform of the BUT program is a key component of the restructuring of higher education: a three-year curriculum structured around a competency-based approach, Learning and Assessment Situations (SAÉ), internships, work-study programs, and the implementation of quotas. This reform raises questions not only about student success and academic trajectories, but also about the ability of institutions to balance student selection, academic support, and the mission of democratizing higher education.
► Check-in (8:30–9:00 a.m.)
► Opening (9:00–9:15 a.m.)
►Session 1: The Transition from High School to College (9:15–10:55 a.m.)
Session Chair: Margot Déage (Université Grenoble Alpes)
The ability to aspire as a measure of educational inequality. The case of the Social Inclusion and Innovation Chair
Transition to French Higher Education: Segmentation and Diversity in the Educational Pathways of Recent High School Graduates
On the Use of Public Data on Parcoursup
► Break (10:55–11:25)
► Session 2: Applications for the BUT program: strategies and appeal (11:25 a.m.–12:35 p.m.)
Session Chair: Lionel Filippi (Université Grenoble Alpes)
Analysis of BUT applications by network and using Principal Component Analysis based on attractiveness indices
From the DUT to the BUT: A New Challenge for the “Technology Track”?
► Buffet (12:35 PM–2:00 PM)
►Session 3: Changes in Teaching and Institutional Practices (2:00–3:40 p.m.)
Session Chair: Alain Fernex (Lumière Lyon 2 University)
Restructuring of the professional responsibilities of teachers at IUTs following the BUT reform
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Anita Messaoui (University of Montpellier)
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Isabelle Bournaud (Paris-Saclay University)
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Jacques-Oliver Klein (Paris-Saclay University)
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Patrick Pamphile (Paris-Saclay University)
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Chrysta Pélissier (University of Montpellier)
Teachers' Perceptions of the Portfolio in the Bachelor of Applied Science Program
The Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture: An Institutional Overhaul of Secondary and Higher Agricultural Education
► Closing (3:40–4:10 p.m.)
