and they have high incomes, and about DKK 5,486 monthly if the student lives away from their parents or guardians. Students can supplement the SU with low-interest government loans amounting to DKK 2,807 per month, which must be paid back upon the completion of their education. Academic freedom Wright and Ørberg (2008) came to a critical conclusion on the Danish system of higher education: "The Danish model combines the worst of both the free trade and the modernising state models of autonomy: universities, their leaders and academics are given freedom in the sense of individual responsibility for their own economic survival, whilst the sector comes under heavy political control. This is called "setting universities free"." In a 2017 comparative study on academic freedom in the universities of 28 European Union members, Denmark ranks only 24th. In all categories (academic freedom in legislation; institutional autonomy in legislation; self-governance in legislation; job security; constutution and international agreements), Denmark ranked below the EU average. The authors of the study argue that the restrictions on academic freedom in Denmark would, in most other EU states, be considered draconian. See also Danish Folkeskole Education Efterskole List of schools in Denmark Open access in Denmark References Further reading Bjerg, Jens. "Reflections on Danish Comprehensive Education, 1903-1990." European Journal of Education, 26#2 1991, pp. 133–141. online. Buchardt, Mette. "Pedagogical transformations of "religion" into "culture" in Danish state mass schooling from the 1900s to the 1930s." Paedagogica Historica 49.1 (2013): 126-138 online. Foght, H.W. ed. Comparative education (1918), compares United States, England, Germany, France, Canada, and Denmark online Skovgaard-Petersen, Vagn. "Towards an education policy in Denmark: Danish education planning in the nineteen forties." Scandinavian Journal of History 6.1-4 (1981): 55–76. Skovgaard-Petersen, Vagn. "Forty years of research into the history of education in Denmark." Scandinavian journal of educational research 41.3-4 (1997): 319-331. Stubager, Rune. "The development of the education cleavage: Denmark as a critical case." West European Politics 33.3 (2010): 505–533. Online. Ydesen, Christian. "Educational testing as an accountability measure: Drawing on twentieth-century Danish history of education experiences." Paedagogica Historica 49.5 (2013): 716–733. Online. External links Danish Ministry of Education (Undervisningsministeriet) Study in Denmark - Official Danish Government website on international higher education in Denmark. (Danish Agency for International Education) Information on education in Denmark, OECD - Contains indicators and information about Denmark and how it compares to other OECD and non-OECD countries Diagram of Danish education system, OECD