Government Commission for Higher Education

The Government Commission for Higher Education (often known as the Stjernø Commission) was a commission appointed by the Government of Norway in 2006 to present recommendations on the development of research and higher education in Norway in a 20-year perspective. The Commission presented its report, Norwegian Official Report 2008:3, in 2008. The report proposed, inter alia, to reduce the number of universities and colleges in Norway to eight or ten.

Members
The Commission consisted of the following members
 * Steinar Stjernø
 * Irene Dahl Andersen
 * Marianne Andreassen
 * Peter Arbo
 * Agneta Bladh
 * Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl
 * Marianne Harg
 * Peter Maassen
 * Jens Maseng
 * Ernst Nordtveit
 * Kathrine Skretting
 * Katrine Elida Aaland