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Raffaella Simona Esposito, Regula Julia Leemann &#38; Christian Imdorf (2019)Swiss Journal of Sociology, 45(3), p. 337-358 Abstract. How did the upper-secondary specialised school (SpS) establish itself as a school-based pathway to the universities of applied sciences in Switzerland? The sociology of conventions serves to analyse how actors justify and assess this type of school. The analysis of interviews and educational policy documents shows that the specialised school has been a recurring target of criticism from advocates of the VET system. It had to make compromises with the world of work to gain recognition as a pathway to the universities of applied sciences. Keywords: Specialised schools, higher education access, VET, general education, conventionsLa mise en place d’une voie d’accès scolaire aux Hautes écoles spécialisées en Suisse. Conventions d’accès aux études supérieures dans la formation professionnelle et généraleRésumé. Comment l’Ecole de culture générale (ECG) a-t-elle pu s’établir en tant que voie d’accès scolaire vers les Hautes écoles spécialisées (HES) en Suisse ? L’économie des conventions sert à examiner la justification de cette école par les acteurs. L’analyse des entretiens et des documents de politique éducative montre que l’école a été critiquée plusieurs fois du côté de la formation professionnelle. En conséquence l’école a dû faire des compromis avec le monde du travail par référence au curriculum, afin d’être reconnue comme une voie d’accès aux HES. Mots-clés : ECG, accès aux HES, formation professionnelle, culture générale, conventions Die Etablierung eines schulischen Zugangswegs an die Fachhochschulen in der Schweiz. Konventionen des Hochschulzugangs in Berufs- und AllgemeinbildungZusammenfassung. Wie konnte sich die Fachmittelschule (FMS) als schulischer Zugangsweg zu den Schweizer Fachhochschulen etablieren? Die Rechtfertigung und Bewertung dieses Schultyps durch Akteure werden konventionensoziologisch untersucht. Die Analyse von Interviews und bildungspolitischen Dokumenten zeigt, dass die Fachmittelschule immer wieder Kritik seitens der Berufsbildung ausgesetzt war. Als Konsequenz musste sie Kompromisse mit der Arbeitswelt in Bezug auf das Curriculum eingehen, um als Zugangsweg zu den Fachhochschulen anerkannt zu werden.Schlüsselwörter. Fachmittelschule, Hochschulzugang, Berufsbildung, Allgemeinbildung, KonventionenExcerpt of the introduction of the special issue. "In their contribution, Raffaella Simona Esposito, Regula Julie Leeman and  Christian Imdorf examine the controversy surrounding the institutionalization of  upper-secondary specialized schools (SpS) as a pathway to universities of applied  science alongside VET. This controversy clearly demonstrates how labor-market  considerations shape secondary schooling. Esposito et al. draw on data such as  experts’ interviews and educational policy documents to analyze, with the help  of the sociology of convention, how actors justify and assess this type of school.  The controversy was mainly between advocates of the dual VET system and representatives  of the SpS. The former criticized the SpS for not offering the extensive  professional experience needed to access universities of applied science. The latter  insisted on the importance of general knowledge and a stable personality, especially  in the social and health sectors, which they argued were promoted within the school  community and the sheltered environment of the SpS, respectively. The authors  demonstrate that opponents and proponents both relied on the same justification,  the domestic convention, although they emphasized different aspects of it. In the end, the domestic convention as referred to by VET advocates and oriented toward the labor market’s demands prevailed. The SpS had to compromise in order to be recognized as a pathway to universities of applied sciences, as demonstrated by the  most recent SpS curriculum, which includes practical on-the-job experience."(Barbara Duc, Kerstin Duemmler, Héloïse Durler &#38; Philippe Losego, 2019, p. 291)Download link (of the integral issue)